Glenn Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 18,299 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glenn Heights is the 187th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Glenn Heights, 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 Glenn Heights, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Glenn Heights’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Glenn Heights does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $87,686.00. Glenn Heights real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Glenn Heights house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities, Glenn Heights isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Glenn Heights are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glenn Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glenn Heights who work in office and administrative support (17.53%), sales jobs (8.70%), and management occupations (7.13%). Also of interest is that Glenn Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.71% 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. One downside of living in Glenn Heights, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.24 minutes every day commuting to work. The overall education level of Glenn Heights is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.41% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Glenn Heights in 2022 was $31,763, 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 $127,052 for a family of four. However, Glenn Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Glenn Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glenn Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenn Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Glenn Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glenn Heights include African, Irish, English, Italian, and German. The most common language spoken in Glenn Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
