Kilgore is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Kilgore who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.32% of the adults in Kilgore have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kilgore in 2022 was $27,323, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,292 for a family of four. However, Kilgore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kilgore is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kilgore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kilgore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kilgore also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kilgore include English, German, Irish, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Kilgore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
