Anna is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 27,501 people and two associated neighborhoods, Anna is the 171st largest community in Texas. Anna 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 Anna, where the median household income is $93,785.00. Anna real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Anna house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Anna is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Anna is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Anna who work in sales jobs (13.38%), office and administrative support (11.90%), and management occupations (10.70%). Also of interest is that Anna 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 Anna telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.15% 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. Because of many things, Anna is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Anna really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Anna perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Anna, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.85 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Anna doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Anna are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.04% of adults in Anna have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Anna in 2022 was $36,340, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,360 for a family of four. However, Anna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Anna is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Anna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Anna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Anna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.76% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Anna include Irish, English, German, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Anna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
