Ben Wheeler is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 456 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ben Wheeler is the 950th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ben Wheeler, 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 Ben Wheeler, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ben Wheeler’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ben Wheeler does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $118,174.00.

Ben Wheeler’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ben Wheeler has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ben Wheeler a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Ben Wheeler, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 47.18 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Ben Wheeler doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The rate of college-level education in Ben Wheeler is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.09% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ben Wheeler in 2022 was $34,914, 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 $139,656 for a family of four. However, Ben Wheeler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ben Wheeler is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ben Wheeler home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ben Wheeler residents report their race to be White. Ben Wheeler also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.22% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ben Wheeler include English, Irish, French, Italian, and German.

The most common language spoken in Ben Wheeler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.