Glenn Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 18,299 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glenn Heights is the 187th largest community in Texas. Glenn Heights has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Glenn Heights, where the median household income is $87,686.00. Glenn Heights real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Glenn Heights house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities, Glenn Heights isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Glenn Heights are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glenn Heights is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glenn Heights who work in office and administrative support (17.53%), sales jobs (8.70%), and management occupations (7.13%). Also of interest is that Glenn Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.71% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One downside of living in Glenn Heights is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Glenn Heights, the average commute to work is 33.24 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Glenn Heights is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.41% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Glenn Heights in 2022 was $31,763, 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 $127,052 for a family of four. However, Glenn Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Glenn Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glenn Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenn Heights residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Glenn Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glenn Heights include African, Irish, English, Italian, and German. The most common language spoken in Glenn Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
