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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mansfield is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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.

For most residents of Mansfield, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.6% of people in Mansfield drive alone to work on most days, making Mansfield a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Mansfield's landscape.

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

Mansfield Information and Demographics

The population of Mansfield 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: 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.