Friendswood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 28,734 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Friendswood is the 86th largest community in Texas.

Friendswood is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Friendswood is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Friendswood who work in management occupations (13.99%), office and administrative support jobs (12.96%), and sales jobs (12.81%).

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

In addition, Friendswood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Friendswood is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Friendswood a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Friendswood has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Friendswood's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Friendswood by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.7% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Friendswood 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, Friendswood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Friendswood Information and Demographics

The population of Friendswood 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: 38.57% of adults in Friendswood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Friendswood in 2000 was $28,615, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,460 for a family of four. However, Friendswood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Friendswood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Friendswood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Friendswood include German, English, Irish, French, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

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