Mansfield is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 78,542 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Mansfield is the 54th largest community in Texas. Mansfield 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 Mansfield, where the median household income is $116,590.00.

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

Also of interest is that Mansfield 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: 13.92% 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.

Even though Mansfield is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

The education level of Mansfield ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Mansfield, 43.24% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Mansfield in 2022 was $46,214, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,856 for a family of four. However, Mansfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mansfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mansfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mansfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mansfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mansfield include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Nigerian.

The most common language spoken in Mansfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.