Port Neches is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 13,614 people and three associated neighborhoods, Port Neches is the 205th largest community in Texas.Port Neches is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Port Neches is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Neches who work in sales jobs (11.86%), office and administrative support (10.63%), and teaching (9.84%). Also of interest is that Port Neches has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of people in Port Neches who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.15% of adults in Port Neches have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Port Neches in 2022 was $44,238, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,952 for a family of four. However, Port Neches contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Port Neches is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Port Neches home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Neches residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Port Neches include French, Irish, English, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Port Neches is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
