Lago Vista is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 10,009 people and four associated neighborhoods, Lago Vista is the 267th largest community in Texas. Lago Vista 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 Lago Vista, where the median household income is $108,823.00. Lago Vista real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Lago Vista house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lago Vista is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lago Vista is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lago Vista who work in management occupations (16.97%), office and administrative support (10.67%), and business and financial occupations (9.74%). Also of interest is that Lago Vista has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.65% 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. 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!) Lago Vista 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. Lago Vista has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lago Vista than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lago Vista may be for you. One downside of living in Lago Vista, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.65 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Lago Vista does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Lago Vista citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.83% of adults in Lago Vista have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Lago Vista in 2022 was $57,811, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $231,244 for a family of four. However, Lago Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lago Vista is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lago Vista home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lago Vista residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lago Vista also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lago Vista include German, Irish, English, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Lago Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
