New Caney is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 39,267 people and six associated neighborhoods, New Caney is the largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in New Caney was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local New Caney economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in New Caney, where the median household income is $84,141.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.40% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in New Caney, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.10 minutes every day commuting to work.

The citizens of New Caney are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.45% of adults in New Caney have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in New Caney in 2022 was $32,754, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,016 for a family of four. However, New Caney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

New Caney is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call New Caney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Caney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. New Caney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 45.48% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Caney include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.

New Caney also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.12%.

The most common language spoken in New Caney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.