Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Yoakum spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.39 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Yoakum does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Yoakum, just 12.40% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Yoakum in 2022 was $24,567, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,268 for a family of four. However, Yoakum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Yoakum is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yoakum 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 Yoakum, accounting for 50.37% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Yoakum residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Yoakum include Czech, German, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Yoakum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
