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Canyon, TX

15,723 Population
8.1 square miles 1,947 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.7 ±2.1 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: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,182 ±$2,297 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $36,873 ±$1,222
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,772 ±$7,813 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $69,611 ±$1,798
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±3.4% (1,840  ±478) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 14.4% 37,588 (±1.1% / ±2,852)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±2 (162,175  ±18,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 20.5 2,448,790 (±0.4 / ±60,924)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,619 ±308 Number of households
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 103,062 ±846
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (14,035  ±72) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 2.5 261,510 (±0 / ±310)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.4% (230  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 3,032 (±0.7% / ±464)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,116 ±344 Number of housing units
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 115,539 ±126
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$240,300 ±$22,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $208,700 ±$4,295
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.2% ±3.5% (3,153  ±551.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 13.4% 36,080 (±1% / ±2,580.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±5.8% (8,260  ±774) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 87.2% 155,102 (±1.8% / ±3,124.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44.7% ±4.9% (3,857  ±505.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 27.1% 48,135 (±0.9% / ±1,665.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

4.5% ±2% (713  ±318) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 9.1% 24,756 (±0.6% / ±1,489)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.7% (564  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 7.5% 15,250 (±0.5% / ±1,080)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
564 Total veterans ±206 532 Male ±202 32 Female ±33

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