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Walker County, TX

81,268 Population
784.2 square miles 103.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,112 ±$2,708 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,134 ±$9,284 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

22.5% ±5.5% (14,029  ±3,403) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26 minutes ±1.9 (710,385  ±61,693) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

26,539 ±1,448 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (62,200  ±574) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.7% ±2.1% (974  ±353) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

31,405 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$298,600 ±$41,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

27.2% ±5.6% (21,935  ±4,519.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

86.2% ±7.4% (45,254  ±4,145.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.1% ±4.7% (14,223  ±2,500.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.8% (5,492  ±2,190) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.6% ±2.4% (5,263  ±1,676) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,263 Total veterans ±1,676 4,879 Male ±1,633 384 Female ±268

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