Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.06 minutes getting to work every day.
Gonzales 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.
The percentage of people in Gonzales with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.90% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gonzales in 2018 was $26,913, 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 $107,652 for a family of four. However, Gonzales contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gonzales is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gonzales 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 Gonzales, accounting for 58.92% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Gonzales residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gonzales include German, English, Irish, French, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Gonzales is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
