Being a small town, Whitney does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Whitney has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.63% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Whitney in 2022 was $22,210, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,840 for a family of four. However, Whitney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whitney is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Whitney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Whitney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.56% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whitney include Irish, English, German, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Whitney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
