College Station is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 124,319 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, College Station is the 30th largest community in Texas. College Station real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although College Station house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.College Station is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.11% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, College Station is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in College Station who work in teaching (16.55%), sales jobs (10.60%), and office and administrative support (10.52%). Also of interest is that College Station has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.28% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, College Station really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, College Station is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes College Station more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change College Station’s character and quality of life. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of College Station spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.50 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.If knowledge is power, College Station is a pretty powerful place. 58.34% of the adults in College Station have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in College Station in 2022 was $31,381, 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 $125,524 for a family of four. However, College Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. College Station is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call College Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of College Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. College Station also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in College Station include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in College Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
