Industry is a town in Austin County, Texas, United States, at the junction of State Highway 159 (SH 159) and Farm to Market Road 109 (FM 109). The population was 268 at the 2020 census. Industry was the first permanent German settlement in Texas. Friedrich Ernst, Industry's founder, settled here in 1831 and gained Industry the title "Cradle of German Settlement in Texas" (see German Texan).
The community was so named on account of the industrious character of the first settlers.
Geography
Industry is located at (29.967368, –96.497089) at the intersection of east-west running SH 159 and FM 109 which goes north and south. The county seat at Bellville is east-southeast on SH 159 while Fayetteville is west-southwest on the same highway. New Ulm is to the south on FM 109, while a trip to the north and northeast on the same road will take one to State Highway 36 in Brenham. West End Elementary School is within the city limits.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.33%, is water.
|2020=268
{| class="wikitable"
|+Industry racial composition as of 2020<br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|150
|55.97%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|41
|15.3%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|1
|0.37%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|18
|6.72%
|-
|Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|8
|2.99%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|50
|18.66%
|-
|Total
|268
|
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 268 people, 119 households, and 94 families residing in the city.
As of the census