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Cedar Hill, TX
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Cedar Hill profile


Living in Cedar Hill



Cedar Hill is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 48,341 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Cedar Hill is the 72nd largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that Cedar Hill 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: 13.29% 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 Cedar Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cedar Hill, the average commute to work is 32.01 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Cedar Hill is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.93% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cedar Hill in 2018 was $35,280, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,120 for a family of four. However, Cedar Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cedar Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cedar Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cedar Hill residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Cedar Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.45% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cedar Hill include English, Irish, German, African, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Cedar Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.