Lockhart is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 11,415 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Lockhart is the 200th largest community in Texas.

Lockhart is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lockhart is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lockhart who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.62%), sales jobs (9.59%), and teaching (5.46%).

Lockhart is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Lockhart isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.16% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Lockhart 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.

Lockhart Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Lockhart with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.86% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lockhart in 2000 was $13,621, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $54,484 for a family of four.

Lockhart is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lockhart home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lockhart is White, followed by African-American. Lockhart also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 48.16% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lockhart include German, Irish, and English.

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