Hallettsville is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,756 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hallettsville is the 550th largest community in Texas.

A relatively large number of people in Hallettsville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.58% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Being a small city, Hallettsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Hallettsville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.80% of adults in Hallettsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Hallettsville in 2022 was $33,462, 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 $133,848 for a family of four. However, Hallettsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hallettsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hallettsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hallettsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hallettsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hallettsville include German, Czech, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Hallettsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.