Gladewater is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 6,272 people and three associated neighborhoods, Gladewater is the 334th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gladewater is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gladewater is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gladewater who work in sales jobs (14.64%), management occupations (10.75%), and office and administrative support (7.32%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gladewater has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gladewater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gladewater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gladewater may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Gladewater doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Gladewater is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.16% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Gladewater in 2022 was $24,457, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,828 for a family of four. However, Gladewater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gladewater also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.66% of its population below the federal poverty line.Gladewater is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gladewater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gladewater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gladewater also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gladewater include Irish, English, German, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Gladewater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
