Mineola is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,380 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mineola is the 390th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mineola is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mineola is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mineola who work in office and administrative support (14.22%), maintenance occupations (7.57%), and teaching (7.57%). Also of interest is that Mineola 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: 17.09% 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. As is often the case in a small city, Mineola doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Mineola is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.62% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Mineola in 2022 was $40,749, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,996 for a family of four. However, Mineola contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mineola is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mineola home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mineola residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mineola also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mineola include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and French. The most common language spoken in Mineola is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
