Ben Wheeler is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 456 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ben Wheeler is the 950th largest community in Texas. Ben Wheeler has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ben Wheeler, where the median household income is $113,099.00.Unlike some towns, Ben Wheeler isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ben Wheeler are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ben Wheeler is a town of construction workers and builders, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ben Wheeler who work in management occupations (26.42%), office and administrative support (20.41%), and healthcare (6.46%). It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Ben Wheeler 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. Ben Wheeler has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ben Wheeler than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ben Wheeler may be for you. One downside of living in Ben Wheeler is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ben Wheeler, the average commute to work is 45.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Ben Wheeler is a small town, 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 Ben Wheeler rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.44% of adults 25 and older in Ben Wheeler 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 Ben Wheeler in 2022 was $33,239, 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 $132,956 for a family of four. However, Ben Wheeler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ben Wheeler is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ben Wheeler home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ben Wheeler residents report their race to be White. Ben Wheeler also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.02% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ben Wheeler include English, Irish, Italian, French, and German. The most common language spoken in Ben Wheeler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
