Mansfield is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 28,988 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Mansfield is the 85th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities, Mansfield isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mansfield are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mansfield is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mansfield who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.69%), management occupations (15.14%), and sales jobs (12.53%).

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

Mansfield is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 98.6% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Mansfield.

Mansfield is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Mansfield Information and Demographics

The citizens of Mansfield are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 32.85% of adults in Mansfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mansfield in 2000 was $26,446, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,784 for a family of four. However, Mansfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mansfield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mansfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mansfield is White, followed by African-American. Mansfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.45% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mansfield include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

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