Silsbee is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,775 people and four associated neighborhoods, Silsbee is the 313th largest community in Texas.Silsbee is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Silsbee is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Silsbee who work in healthcare (12.50%), teaching (10.83%), and sales jobs (9.68%). Also of interest is that Silsbee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Silsbee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Silsbee citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.45% of adults 25 and older in Silsbee have a college degree. The per capita income in Silsbee in 2022 was $27,894, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,576 for a family of four. However, Silsbee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Silsbee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Silsbee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Silsbee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Silsbee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Silsbee include English, German, African, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Silsbee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
