Because Stephenville has a very large number of students who are 18 years or older and in college, it is thought of as a college town. This has a major influence on local Stephenville lifestyle, entertainment, and culture in general. Life in Stephenville is very much tied to the academic calendar: when students return from the summer break in the fall, one will notice them out and about, buying groceries, out with friends, and generally getting re-acquainted with each other. In Stephenville people study hard and play hard, and there is ample opportunity to do both.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.78 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Stephenville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Stephenville 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: 33.28% of adults in Stephenville have a college degree.
The per capita income in Stephenville in 2022 was $27,593, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,372 for a family of four. However, Stephenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Stephenville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stephenville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stephenville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stephenville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.86% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stephenville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Stephenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
