Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.80 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Uvalde does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Uvalde with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.26% of adults in Uvalde have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Uvalde in 2022 was $24,387, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,548 for a family of four. However, Uvalde contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Uvalde is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Uvalde 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 Uvalde, accounting for 82.04% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Uvalde residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Uvalde include English, German, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Uvalde is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
