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Center, TX

5,198 Population
8 square miles 650.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±10.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 40 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,104 ±$7,522 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Shelby County: $28,183 ±$2,207
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$50,731 ±$7,454 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $50,436 ±$4,927
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

32.4% ±10.1% (1,636  ±509) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shelby County: 23.5% † 5,635 (±3.2% / ±769)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

15.1 minutes ±4 (32,125  ±9,683) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Shelby County: 24.3 234,570 (±2.2 / ±24,633)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,828 ±241 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 9,177 ±285
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.4 (5,044  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Shelby County: 2.6 23,941 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

2.1% ±2.8% (23  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shelby County: 8.7% † 445 (±2.7% / ±141)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,189 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 11,530 ±24
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$152,000 ±$76,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shelby County: $111,700 † ±$17,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

18.2% ±9.3% (941  ±479) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Shelby County: 9.9% † 2,341 (±2.6% / ±614.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

80.3% ±10.9% (2,640  ±413.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 82.5% 12,981 (±4.4% / ±697.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
14.1% ±5.5% (462  ±184.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 13.7% † 2,161 (±2.1% / ±333.2)
  • 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

12% ±5.2% (623  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Shelby County: 7.4% 1,776
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.8% ±3.3% (177  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 5.3% † 935 (±0.9% / ±163)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
177 Total veterans ±124 177 Male ±124 N/A Female ±21

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