Bastrop is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 11,189 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Bastrop is the 255th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Bastrop was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Bastrop economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Bastrop, where the median household income is $59,087.00.Bastrop is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bastrop is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bastrop who work in management occupations (14.65%), office and administrative support (12.78%), and teaching (9.60%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.83% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Bastrop citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.31% of adults in Bastrop have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bastrop in 2022 was $38,541, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,164 for a family of four. However, Bastrop contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bastrop is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bastrop home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bastrop residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bastrop also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bastrop include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Bastrop is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
