Aransas Pass is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 8,233 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Aransas Pass is the 248th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Aransas Pass is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Aransas Pass is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Aransas Pass who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.10%), sales jobs (9.34%), and food service (8.77%).

Aransas Pass is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Aransas Pass, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Aransas Pass are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Being a small city, Aransas Pass does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Aransas Pass Information and Demographics

In Aransas Pass, just 8.23% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Aransas Pass in 2000 was $12,964, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $51,856 for a family of four.

Aransas Pass is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aransas Pass home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Aransas Pass is White, followed by African-American. Aransas Pass also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.73% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Aransas Pass include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Aransas Pass is English. Some people also speak Spanish.