College Station is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 124,319 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, College Station is the 30th largest community in Texas.

College Station real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although College Station house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that College Station has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.28% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, College Station really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, College Station is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes College Station more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change College Station’s character and quality of life.

Not only is College Station a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because College Station is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes College Station a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of College Station spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.50 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

If knowledge is power, College Station is a pretty powerful place. 58.34% of the adults in College Station have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in College Station in 2022 was $31,381, 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 $125,524 for a family of four. However, College Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

College Station is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call College Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of College Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. College Station also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in College Station include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in College Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.