New Braunfels is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 36,884 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, New Braunfels is the 63rd largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities, New Braunfels isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Braunfels are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Braunfels is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Braunfels who work in sales jobs (14.54%), office and administrative support jobs (13.03%), and teaching (8.16%).

"If you live in New Braunfels, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most New Braunfels residents do (96.9%). New Braunfels is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Even though New Braunfels is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

New Braunfels Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, New Braunfels is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.64% of adults in New Braunfels have a college degree.

The per capita income in New Braunfels in 2000 was $18,548, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,192 for a family of four.

New Braunfels is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Braunfels home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in New Braunfels is White, followed by African-American. New Braunfels also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.56% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in New Braunfels include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in New Braunfels is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.