Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Dalhart spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.60 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Dalhart does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Dalhart who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.77% of the adults in Dalhart have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dalhart in 2022 was $29,542, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,168 for a family of four. However, Dalhart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dalhart is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dalhart 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 Dalhart, accounting for 57.50% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dalhart residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dalhart include German, English, Irish, Welsh, and European.
In addition, Dalhart has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (27.15%).
The most common language spoken in Dalhart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
