The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Skidmore has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Skidmore a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small town, Skidmore does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In Skidmore, just 6.68% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Skidmore in 2018 was $25,580, 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 $102,320 for a family of four. However, Skidmore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Skidmore is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Skidmore 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 Skidmore, accounting for 74.46% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Skidmore residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Skidmore include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Scottish.

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