One of the benefits of Pecos is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.10 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.
Being a small city, Pecos does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Pecos has a very low overall level of education: only 8.52% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Pecos in 2022 was $25,312, 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 $101,248 for a family of four. However, Pecos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pecos is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pecos home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Pecos, accounting for 88.80% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Pecos residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pecos include German, Italian, Czech, Irish, and Dutch.
Pecos also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.56%.
The most common language spoken in Pecos is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Portuguese.
