Stafford is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 27,597 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Stafford is the 93rd largest community in Texas.

Unlike some towns, Stafford isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Stafford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Stafford is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stafford who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.08%), sales jobs (13.02%), and management occupations (8.91%).

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

Being a small town, Stafford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Stafford Information and Demographics

The population of Stafford is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 33.58% of adults in Stafford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Stafford in 2000 was $21,262, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,048 for a family of four.

Stafford is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stafford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Stafford is White, followed by Asian. Stafford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.19% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Stafford include German, Irish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Stafford's cultural character, accounting for 27.30% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Stafford are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Stafford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Other Asian languages, and Tagalog.