Cedar Hill is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 32,113 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Cedar Hill is the 78th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cedar Hill is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cedar Hill is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cedar Hill who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.43%), sales jobs (12.52%), and management occupations (10.47%).

Also of interest is that Cedar Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Cedar Hill is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Cedar Hill really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Cedar Hill perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Cedar Hill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.86 minutes every day commuting to work.

"If you live in Cedar Hill, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Cedar Hill residents do (98.3%). Cedar Hill is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Cedar Hill Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Cedar Hill is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.39% of adults in Cedar Hill have a college degree.

The per capita income in Cedar Hill in 2000 was $23,443, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,772 for a family of four. However, Cedar Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cedar Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cedar Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cedar Hill is White, followed by African-American. Cedar Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.38% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Cedar Hill include German, Irish, English, and African.

The most common language spoken in Cedar Hill is English. Some people also speak Spanish.