Cedar Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 25,776 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Cedar Park is the 101st largest community in Texas.

Cedar Park has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Cedar Park, where the median household income is $67,527.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cedar Park is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cedar Park is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cedar Park who work in sales jobs (14.92%), management occupations (13.76%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.65%).

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

Cedar Park is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Cedar Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Cedar Park by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.5% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Cedar Park may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small city, Cedar Park doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Cedar Park Information and Demographics

The population of Cedar Park is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.64% of adults in Cedar Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cedar Park in 2000 was $24,767, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,068 for a family of four. However, Cedar Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cedar Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cedar Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cedar Park is White, followed by African-American. Cedar Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.27% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Cedar Park include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, and Scottish.

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