Being a small city, Mathis does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Mathis has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.71% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Mathis in 2018 was $17,517, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,068 for a family of four. However, Mathis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mathis is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mathis 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 Mathis, accounting for 88.55% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Mathis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mathis include Irish, French, Polish, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Mathis is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and German/Yiddish.
