Leander is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,352 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Leander is the 264th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Leander is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Leander is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leander who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.40%), sales jobs (11.33%), and management occupations (10.88%).

Also of interest is that Leander has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Leander, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.57 minutes every day commuting to work.

Leander is a very car-oriented city. 97.87% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Leander is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Leander has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Leander is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Leander Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Leander is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.44% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Leander in 2000 was $20,263, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,052 for a family of four. However, Leander contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Leander is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Leander home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Leander is White, followed by African-American. Leander also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.14% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Leander include German, English, Irish, French, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Leander is English. Some people also speak Spanish.