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College Station, TX
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Living in College Station



College Station is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 124,319 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, College Station is the 30th largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that College Station 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: 11.28% 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.

College Station is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. College Station is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy.

Not only is College Station a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of College Station spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.50 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

If knowledge is power, College Station is a pretty powerful place. 58.34% of the adults in College Station have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in College Station in 2018 was $31,381, 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 $125,524 for a family of four. However, College Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

College Station is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call College Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of College Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. College Station also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in College Station include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in College Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.