Robstown is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 10,177 people and five associated neighborhoods, Robstown is the 247th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Robstown is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Robstown is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Robstown who work in office and administrative support (11.58%), healthcare suport services (10.46%), and sales jobs (7.97%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Robstown 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. Robstown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Robstown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Robstown may be for you. For a small city, Robstown has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Robstown exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.In Robstown, just 8.99% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Robstown in 2022 was $21,670, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,680 for a family of four. However, Robstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Robstown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.41% of its population below the federal poverty line.Robstown is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Robstown 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 Robstown, accounting for 95.49% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Robstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Robstown include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Czech. The most common language spoken in Robstown is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
