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Canyon, TX

15,398 Population
8.1 square miles 1,906.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.2 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,873 ±$2,356 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $35,425 ±$1,016
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$68,233 ±$8,538 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $66,571 ±$1,333
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

12.1% ±3.6% (1,657  ±490) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 14.3% 37,238 (±1% / ±2,480)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

21.7 minutes ±2.3 (157,060  ±19,960) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 20.1 2,365,065 (±0.5 / ±68,064)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

5,523 ±302 Number of households
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 101,808 ±931
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.1 (13,722  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 2.6 260,339 (±0 / ±286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4.5% ±2.6% (181  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 5% † 3,124 (±0.8% / ±509)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

6,001 ±318 Number of housing units
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 114,741 ±126
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$218,300 ±$24,056 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $196,500 ±$4,917
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

19.1% ±3.5% (2,916  ±541.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 13% 34,661 (±1% / ±2,566.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

94.7% ±6.4% (7,931  ±733.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 86.7% 153,034 (±1.7% / ±2,978.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
43.3% ±5.1% (3,629  ±482.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 25.6% 45,098 (±0.9% / ±1,576.2)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.2% ±2% (800  ±310) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 9.1% 24,704 (±0.7% / ±1,842)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

5.2% ±2.2% (622  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 8.2% 16,549 (±0.5% / ±1,000)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
622 Total veterans ±260 601 Male ±252 21 Female ±28

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