Dickinson is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 21,738 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Dickinson is the 142nd largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dickinson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dickinson is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dickinson who work in management occupations (12.40%), teaching (11.06%), and sales jobs (10.32%). Also of interest is that Dickinson 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: 8.15% 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. One of the nice things about Dickinson is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. In terms of college education, Dickinson is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.36% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dickinson in 2022 was $35,980, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,920 for a family of four. However, Dickinson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dickinson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dickinson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dickinson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dickinson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dickinson include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Czech. The most common language spoken in Dickinson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
