Grand Prairie is a relatively large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 201,843 people and 48 associated neighborhoods, Grand Prairie is the 17th largest community in Texas.Grand Prairie is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Grand Prairie is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Prairie who work in office and administrative support (13.05%), sales jobs (8.89%), and management occupations (8.89%). Also of interest is that Grand Prairie 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: 9.09% 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. In terms of college education, Grand Prairie is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.86% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Grand Prairie in 2022 was $32,444, 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 $129,776 for a family of four. However, Grand Prairie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grand Prairie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie, accounting for 47.54% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Grand Prairie residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Grand Prairie include German, English, Irish, Nigerian, and African. Foreign born people are also an important part of Grand Prairie's cultural character, accounting for 24.19% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Grand Prairie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
