It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) La Vernia has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. La Vernia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in La Vernia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, La Vernia may be for you.
In La Vernia, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.07 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, La Vernia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, La Vernia is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.58% of adults 25 and older in La Vernia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in La Vernia in 2022 was $34,080, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,320 for a family of four. However, La Vernia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
La Vernia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Vernia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Vernia residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. La Vernia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Vernia include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in La Vernia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
