Giddings is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,254 people and two associated neighborhoods, Giddings is the 384th largest community in Texas.Giddings is a blue-collar town, with 35.99% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Giddings is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Giddings who work in office and administrative support (12.82%), law enforcement and fire fighting (9.43%), and food service (9.08%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Giddings has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Giddings has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Giddings than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Giddings may be for you. Giddings 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.In terms of college education, the citizens of Giddings rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.85% of adults 25 and older in Giddings have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Giddings in 2022 was $25,860, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,440 for a family of four. However, Giddings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Giddings is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Giddings 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 Giddings, accounting for 47.16% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Giddings residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Giddings include German, Polish, French, English, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Giddings is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
