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!) Gladewater 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. Gladewater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gladewater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gladewater may be for you.
Gladewater is a small city, 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, the citizens of Gladewater rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.38% of adults 25 and older in Gladewater have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Gladewater in 2022 was $29,158, 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 $116,632 for a family of four. However, Gladewater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gladewater is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gladewater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gladewater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gladewater also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gladewater include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Gladewater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
