About Woodcreek

Woodcreek is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,290 people and just one neighborhood, Woodcreek is the 661st largest community in Texas.

Woodcreek is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.16% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Woodcreek is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodcreek who work in sales jobs (23.89%), management occupations (15.43%), and teaching (10.36%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.04% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

A very large number of seniors call Woodcreek home: people 65 and over are 33.95% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the city's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

In Woodcreek, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Woodcreek 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 Woodcreek, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.87% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Woodcreek Information and Demographics

The population of Woodcreek 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: 44.95% of adults in Woodcreek have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Woodcreek in 2000 was $32,893, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,572 for a family of four. However, Woodcreek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Woodcreek home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Woodcreek is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Woodcreek include German, English, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Woodcreek is English.