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Penitas, TX
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Living in Penitas



Penitas is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,340 people and two associated neighborhoods, Penitas is the 322nd largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Penitas, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Penitas, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Penitas’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Penitas does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $50,110.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.88% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Penitas 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 Penitas with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.28% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Penitas in 2018 was $21,245, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,980 for a family of four. However, Penitas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Penitas is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Penitas 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 Penitas, accounting for 97.81% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Penitas residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Penitas include Norwegian, Irish, German, English, and Yugoslavian.

Penitas also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.50%.

The most common language spoken in Penitas is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.


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