Inez is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,641 people and two associated neighborhoods, Inez is the 560th largest community in Texas. Inez 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 Inez, where the median household income is $83,438.00.
Of important note, Inez is also a town of artists. Inez has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Inez’s character.
Because of many things, Inez 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, Inez really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Inez 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.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Inez 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. Inez has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Inez than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Inez may be for you.
Inez is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Inez is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Inez is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.41% of adults in Inez have a college degree.
The per capita income in Inez in 2022 was $41,285, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,140 for a family of four.
The people who call Inez home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Inez residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Inez include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Inez is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.