About Terrell Hills

Terrell Hills is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,019 people and just one neighborhood, Terrell Hills is the 348th largest community in Texas.

Terrell Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.07% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Terrell Hills is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Terrell Hills who work in management occupations (19.29%), sales jobs (15.30%), and legal occupations (10.09%).

In addition, Terrell Hills 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, Terrell Hills is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Terrell Hills 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, Terrell Hills has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Terrell Hills's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the benefits of Terrell Hills is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.94 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Terrell Hills is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Terrell Hills isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.31% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Terrell Hills Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Terrell Hills, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Terrell Hills is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.84% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Terrell Hills in 2000 was $45,134, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $180,536 for a family of four. However, Terrell Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Terrell Hills home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Terrell Hills is White, followed by Asian. Terrell Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.60% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Terrell Hills include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, French, Scottish, and Polish.

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