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Cameron, TX

5,416 Population
5.2 square miles 1,033.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Milam County: 41.4 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,270 ±$3,968 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Milam County: $35,880 † ±$4,643
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,443 ±$6,094 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Milam County: $66,141 † ±$6,831
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±8.8% (1,008  ±451) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Milam County: 12.9% † 3,241 (±2.6% / ±654)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±4 (48,005  ±10,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Milam County: 31.6 315,865 (±2.3 / ±30,195)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,924 ±195 Number of households
  • Milam County: 10,152 ±303
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (5,130  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Milam County: 2.5 25,049 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.5% ±7.9% (129  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Milam County: 6.6% † 342 (±3.6% / ±185)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,119 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Milam County: 11,641 ±32
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,000 ±$26,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Milam County: $189,800 † ±$28,000
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±5.5% (879  ±291.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Milam County: 12.1% † 3,057 (±2.4% / ±600)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±9.5% (2,921  ±373.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Milam County: 88.8% 15,771 (±4.5% / ±824.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.8% ±4.8% (577  ±167.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Milam County: 20.6% † 3,649 (±2.2% / ±392.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.5% ±3.1% (354  ±170) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Milam County: 6.2% 1,591
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.5% (230  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Milam County: 6.1% † 1,209 (±1.2% / ±229)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
230 Total veterans ±99 224 Male ±95 6 Female ±11

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