Glenn Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 18,793 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glenn Heights is the 187th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Glenn Heights was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Glenn Heights economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Glenn Heights, where the median household income is $79,739.00.
Glenn Heights real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Glenn Heights house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that Glenn Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.54% 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.
One downside of living in Glenn Heights is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Glenn Heights, the average commute to work is 33.99 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Glenn Heights is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.53% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Glenn Heights in 2022 was $32,706, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,824 for a family of four. However, Glenn Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glenn Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glenn Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenn Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Glenn Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glenn Heights include Irish, African, German, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Glenn Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.