Being a small city, Muleshoe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Muleshoe is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.23% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Muleshoe in 2022 was $30,194, which is middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,776 for a family of four. However, Muleshoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Muleshoe is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Muleshoe 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 Muleshoe, accounting for 72.62% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Muleshoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Muleshoe include English, Scottish, Irish, Italian, and German.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Muleshoe's cultural character, accounting for 29.27% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Muleshoe is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Vietnamese.
