Kingsville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Kingsville enrolled in college, Kingsville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Kingsville is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Kingsville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.27 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The population of Kingsville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Kingsville, 22.47% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Kingsville in 2022 was $24,114, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,456 for a family of four. However, Kingsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kingsville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.99% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Kingsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kingsville 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 Kingsville, accounting for 72.66% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Kingsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kingsville include German, English, Irish, European, and Afghan.
The most common language spoken in Kingsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
