Quitman is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,983 people and two associated neighborhoods, Quitman is the 654th largest community in Texas.
Also of interest is that Quitman has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Quitman telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.63% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Overall, Quitman’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small city, Quitman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Quitman are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.52% of adults in Quitman having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Quitman in 2022 was $26,808, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,232 for a family of four. However, Quitman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Quitman is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quitman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quitman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Quitman also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Quitman include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Quitman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.