Because of many things, Idalou 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, Idalou really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Idalou 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, Idalou does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Idalou who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.24% of the adults in Idalou have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Idalou in 2022 was $30,623, 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 $122,492 for a family of four. However, Idalou contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Idalou is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Idalou home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Idalou, accounting for 57.01% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Idalou residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Idalou include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Idalou is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
