Hitchcock is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,642 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hitchcock is the 305th largest community in Texas. Hitchcock has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Hitchcock, where the median household income is $75,741.00.Hitchcock is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hitchcock is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hitchcock who work in management occupations (11.68%), sales jobs (10.53%), and healthcare (9.87%). The city 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, Hitchcock has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hitchcock a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Hitchcock is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Hitchcock is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Hitchcock is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.07% of adults 25 and older in Hitchcock have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hitchcock in 2022 was $32,130, 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 $128,520 for a family of four. However, Hitchcock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hitchcock is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hitchcock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hitchcock residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hitchcock also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.10% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hitchcock include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Hitchcock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
