Hockley is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 20,148 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hockley is the 157th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hockley, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hockley, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hockley’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hockley does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $115,837.00.

Also of interest is that Hockley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.09% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Hockley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.52 minutes every day commuting to work.

Hockley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The overall education level of Hockley citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.74% of adults in Hockley have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Hockley in 2022 was $43,278, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,112 for a family of four. However, Hockley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hockley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hockley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hockley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hockley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.27% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hockley include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

In addition, Hockley has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.20%).

The most common language spoken in Hockley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.