La Vernia is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,405 people and three associated neighborhoods, La Vernia is the 808th largest community in Texas. La Vernia 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 La Vernia, where the median household income is $74,167.00. La Vernia real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although La Vernia house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.La Vernia is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, La Vernia is a city of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Vernia who work in management occupations (11.61%), teaching (11.03%), and office and administrative support (9.28%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.56% 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, La Vernia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes La Vernia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in La Vernia is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In La Vernia, the average commute to work is 30.93 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, La Vernia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of La Vernia are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.28% of adults in La Vernia having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in La Vernia in 2022 was $35,252, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,008 for a family of four. However, La Vernia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. La Vernia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Vernia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Vernia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. La Vernia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Vernia include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in La Vernia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
