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!) Mathis 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. Mathis has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mathis than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mathis may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Mathis doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Mathis, just 7.19% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Mathis in 2022 was $19,160, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,640 for a family of four. However, Mathis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mathis also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.42% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Mathis is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mathis 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 Mathis, accounting for 80.47% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Mathis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mathis include Czech, German, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Mathis is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.
