Buda is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 13,335 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Buda is the 181st largest community in Texas.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Buda is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Buda is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buda who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.39%), management occupations (11.56%), and sales jobs (8.27%).

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

One downside of living in Buda is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Buda, the average commute to work is 32.63 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Residents of Buda by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.4% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Buda may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

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

Buda Information and Demographics

The education level of Buda citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 26.66% of adults in Buda have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Buda in 2000 was $22,027, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,108 for a family of four. However, Buda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Buda is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Buda home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Buda is White, followed by African-American. Buda also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.81% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Buda include German, English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

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