Shallowater is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,938 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shallowater is the 523rd largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities, Shallowater isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Shallowater are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Shallowater is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shallowater who work in management occupations (14.67%), sales jobs (9.63%), and healthcare (7.30%). Also of interest is that Shallowater has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Because of many things, Shallowater is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Shallowater really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Shallowater perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Being a small city, Shallowater does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Shallowater who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.09% of adults in Shallowater have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Shallowater in 2022 was $31,776, 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 $127,104 for a family of four. However, Shallowater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Shallowater is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Shallowater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shallowater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Shallowater also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shallowater include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Shallowater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.