Watauga is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 23,050 people and four associated neighborhoods, Watauga is the 133rd largest community in Texas.Watauga is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Watauga is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Watauga who work in office and administrative support (13.70%), sales jobs (13.02%), and management occupations (9.41%). Also of interest is that Watauga has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.50% 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. In Watauga, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.72 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The citizens of Watauga are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.81% of adults in Watauga having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Watauga in 2022 was $32,279, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,116 for a family of four. However, Watauga contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Watauga is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Watauga home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Watauga residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Watauga also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.06% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Watauga include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Watauga is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
