Dale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 15,709 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dale is the 197th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Dale was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Dale economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Dale, where the median household income is $75,487.00.Dale is a blue-collar town, with 47.89% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dale is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dale who work in office and administrative support (13.42%), management occupations (5.78%), and sales jobs (5.61%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.15% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Dale has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Dale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dale may be for you. In Dale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.16 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Dale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Dale rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.28% of adults 25 and older in Dale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Dale in 2022 was $29,770, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,080 for a family of four. However, Dale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dale 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 Dale, accounting for 80.00% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dale residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dale include German, English, Scots-Irish, Swedish, and Scottish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Dale's cultural character, accounting for 24.54% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Dale is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
