Glen Rose is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,817 people and three associated neighborhoods, Glen Rose is the 558th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Glen Rose, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Glen Rose, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Glen Rose’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Glen Rose does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,804.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Glen Rose is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glen Rose is a city of managers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Rose who work in management occupations (15.65%), office and administrative support (12.02%), and maintenance occupations (8.46%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.86% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Glen Rose has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Glen Rose has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Glen Rose than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Glen Rose may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Glen Rose doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Glen Rose citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.42% of adults in Glen Rose have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Glen Rose in 2022 was $35,086, 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 $140,344 for a family of four. However, Glen Rose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Glen Rose is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glen Rose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glen Rose residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Glen Rose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.16% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glen Rose include English, German, Irish, French, and European. The most common language spoken in Glen Rose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
