Windcrest, TX

About Windcrest

Windcrest is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,031 people and just one neighborhood, Windcrest is the 346th largest community in Texas.

Windcrest is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.03% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Windcrest is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Windcrest who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.32%), teaching (11.26%), and sales jobs (10.45%).

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

Seniors make up 37.11% of Windcrest's population, making it a popular place to retire. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, Windcrest is good place for those over 65 to settle, as they will find many opportunities for socializing, as well as having access to many services oriented toward seniors.

In addition, Windcrest 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.

Windcrest is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Windcrest, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.34% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Windcrest 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.

Windcrest Information and Demographics

The citizens of Windcrest are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.37% of adults in Windcrest have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Windcrest in 2000 was $30,120, which is wealthy relative to