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Ben Wheeler, TX

1,793 Population
3 square miles 597.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.3 ±4.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Van Zandt County: 42.1 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,914 ±$13,913 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Van Zandt County: $34,078 ±$1,976
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$118,174 ±$33,683 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Van Zandt County: $68,274 ±$4,520
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

N/A Persons below poverty line

54.6 minutes ±16.4 (36,870  ±23,471) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Van Zandt County: 36.6 853,775 (±1.7 / ±54,499)
  • about double the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

462 ±237 Number of households
  • Van Zandt County: 22,555 ±514
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.9 ±2.7 (1,793  ±828) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Van Zandt County: 2.7 60,721 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

46.2% ±48.7% (134  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Van Zandt County: 7.9% † 1,012 (±2.4% / ±308)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

462 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Van Zandt County: 25,708 ±46
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$258,600 ±$51,168 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Van Zandt County: $199,500 ±$10,044
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

3.2% ±5% (57  ±93.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Van Zandt County: 12.8% † 7,732 (±1.9% / ±1,149.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

83.1% ±57% (1,044  ±405.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Van Zandt County: 87.3% 37,219 (±3.5% / ±1,482.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
12.1% ±6.3% (152  ±116.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Van Zandt County: 18.2% 7,758 (±1.7% / ±708)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

1.7% ±2.6% (30  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Van Zandt County: 4% 2,435
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

10.7% ±11.1% (150  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Van Zandt County: 9.1% † 4,274 (±1.1% / ±535)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
150 Total veterans ±175 150 Male ±175 N/A Female ±15

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