Kountze is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,131 people and two associated neighborhoods, Kountze is the 648th largest community in Texas.Kountze is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kountze is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kountze who work in office and administrative support (10.89%), healthcare (10.77%), and teaching (10.77%). Also of interest is that Kountze has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In Kountze, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.89 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Kountze does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Kountze who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.60% of the adults in Kountze have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Kountze in 2022 was $29,984, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,936 for a family of four. However, Kountze contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kountze is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kountze home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kountze residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kountze include German, Irish, French, English, and European. The most common language spoken in Kountze is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
