Wharton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 8,736 people and four associated neighborhoods, Wharton is the 273rd largest community in Texas.When you are in Wharton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.46% of Wharton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wharton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wharton who work in sales jobs (10.14%), office and administrative support (9.88%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.46%). Also of interest is that Wharton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The rate of college-level education in Wharton is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.90% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Wharton in 2022 was $23,247, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,988 for a family of four. However, Wharton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wharton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wharton 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 Wharton, accounting for 43.62% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Wharton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Wharton include German, Irish, English, Austrian, and Scandinavian. The most common language spoken in Wharton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
