College Station is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 124,319 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, College Station is the 30th largest community in Texas.

College Station real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although College Station house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that College Station 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: 11.28% 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.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, College Station really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, College Station is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes College Station more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change College Station’s character and quality of life.

Not only is College Station a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, shaping the character of the city into a place that is geared toward, and considered attractive to, many single, educated people. Many singles consider College Station a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.50 minutes getting to work every day.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to College Station, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. College Station is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.34% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in College Station in 2022 was $31,381, 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 $125,524 for a family of four. However, College Station contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

College Station is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call College Station home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of College Station residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. College Station also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.87% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in College Station include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in College Station is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.