Waxahachie is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 21,368 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Waxahachie is the 116th largest community in Texas.

Waxahachie is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Waxahachie is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Waxahachie who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.75%), sales jobs (9.72%), and management occupations (9.00%).

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Waxahachie use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Waxahachie's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Waxahachie Information and Demographics

The population of Waxahachie overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Waxahachie, 18.38% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Waxahachie in 2000 was $19,003, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,012 for a family of four.

Waxahachie is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waxahachie home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Waxahachie is White, followed by African-American. Waxahachie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.00% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Waxahachie include German, Irish, English, and Scotch-Irish.

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