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. Much of the housing stock in Ben Wheeler was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ben Wheeler economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ben Wheeler, where the median household income is $118,174.00.

Overall, Ben Wheeler’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Ben Wheeler 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. Ben Wheeler has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ben Wheeler than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ben Wheeler may be for you.

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.

Being a small town, Ben Wheeler does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Ben Wheeler with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.09% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or 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.