Fort Hood is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 28,295 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Fort Hood is the 112th largest community in Texas.Fort Hood is a military town: the armed forces employs 46.23% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 16.44% and 15.46% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Hood 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: 9.16% 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. One of the benefits of Fort Hood is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.17 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The education level of Fort Hood citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.73% of adults in Fort Hood have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Hood in 2022 was $22,323, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,292 for a family of four. However, Fort Hood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Hood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Hood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Hood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Hood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.50% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Hood include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Fort Hood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
