Poteet is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,005 people and three associated neighborhoods, Poteet is the 541st largest community in Texas.Poteet is a blue-collar town, with 38.14% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Poteet is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Poteet who work in office and administrative support (15.98%), sales jobs (15.70%), and maintenance occupations (6.46%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Being a small city, Poteet does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Poteet has a very low overall level of education: only 7.38% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Poteet in 2022 was $20,478, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,912 for a family of four. However, Poteet contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Poteet is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Poteet 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 Poteet, accounting for 89.67% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Poteet residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Poteet include German, Irish, Italian, English, and British. The most common language spoken in Poteet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
