Being a small city, Carrizo Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Carrizo Springs have a very low rate of college education: just 9.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Carrizo Springs in 2018 was $19,379, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,516 for a family of four. However, Carrizo Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Carrizo Springs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 44.20% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Carrizo Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Carrizo Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Carrizo Springs, accounting for 91.63% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Carrizo Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Carrizo Springs include German, Scots-Irish, Scottish, European, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Carrizo Springs is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and African languages.
