Dale is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 16,407 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dale is the 197th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Dale, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Dale, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Dale’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Dale does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $79,436.00.When you are in Dale, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.89% of Dale’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Dale is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dale who work in office and administrative support (12.00%), sales jobs (7.09%), and management occupations (7.01%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.29% 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. One downside of living in Dale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dale, the average commute to work is 41.00 minutes, which is quite a bit 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.The percentage of people in Dale with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.38% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dale in 2022 was $27,624, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,496 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 84.94% 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dale include German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, and Italian. Dale also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.40%. The most common language spoken in Dale is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
