Nacogdoches is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Nacogdoches have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Nacogdoches’s economy is one such example of this.
One of the benefits of Nacogdoches is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.86 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The overall education level of Nacogdoches is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.49% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Nacogdoches in 2022 was $24,013, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,052 for a family of four. However, Nacogdoches contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Nacogdoches also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.79% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Nacogdoches is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Nacogdoches home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nacogdoches residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Nacogdoches also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.77% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Nacogdoches include English, Irish, German, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Nacogdoches is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
