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. Hockley has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Hockley, where 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.

A relatively large number of people in Hockley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.09% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In terms of college education, Hockley is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.74% of adults in Hockley have a college degree.

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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Hockley's cultural character, accounting for 15.20% of the town’s population.

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