Giddings is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,129 people and two associated neighborhoods, Giddings is the 384th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities, Giddings isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Giddings are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Giddings is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Giddings who work in sales jobs (11.52%), office and administrative support (9.62%), and food service (8.44%). Being a small city, Giddings does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Giddings is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.83% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Giddings in 2022 was $27,741, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,964 for a family of four. However, Giddings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Giddings is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Giddings home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Giddings, accounting for 49.25% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Giddings residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Giddings include German, French, Polish, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in Giddings is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
