One of the benefits of Big Spring is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.86 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.
Being a small city, Big Spring does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Big Spring rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.95% of adults 25 and older in Big Spring 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 Big Spring in 2022 was $31,746, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,984 for a family of four. However, Big Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Big Spring is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Big Spring 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 Big Spring, accounting for 50.82% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Big Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Big Spring include German, Irish, English, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Big Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
