Fort Bliss is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 11,260 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Bliss is the 232nd largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fort Bliss, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fort Bliss, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fort Bliss’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fort Bliss does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $57,283.00.Fort Bliss is a military town: the armed forces employs 39.77% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 28.22% and 18.22% of the civilian workforce respectively. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.74% 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. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.42 minutes getting to work every day.In terms of college education, Fort Bliss is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.17% of adults in Fort Bliss have a college degree. The per capita income in Fort Bliss in 2022 was $22,181, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,724 for a family of four. However, Fort Bliss contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Bliss is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Bliss home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Bliss residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Bliss also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.48% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Bliss include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Fort Bliss is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
