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Center, TX

5,271 Population
8 square miles 659.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 39.3 ±1.6
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,106 ±$4,600 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Shelby County: $27,652 ±$2,598
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,293 ±$11,954 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $49,776 † ±$6,129
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.1% ±7.9% (1,342  ±407) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 20.6% † 4,917 (±3.5% / ±835)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.2 minutes ±3.5 (30,745  ±8,526) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Shelby County: 25.2 † 242,060 (±2.7 / ±29,085)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,954 ±172 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 9,366 ±326
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (5,121  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.6 23,998 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±2.9% (21  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shelby County: 7.4% † 376 (±2.4% / ±121)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,262 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 11,584 ±24
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,300 ±$50,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $101,500 † ±$16,744
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±4.9% (514  ±255.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 8.3% † 1,982 (±2% / ±474.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±11.5% (2,721  ±415.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 82.3% 13,075 (±4.5% / ±728.5)
  • 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)
12.3% ±4.9% (386  ±157.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 15.1% † 2,399 (±2.2% / ±344.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third of 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

8.7% ±4% (457  ±210) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 7.4% 1,788
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±3% (175  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 5.3% † 942 (±1.3% / ±225)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
175 Total veterans ±110 175 Male ±110 N/A Female ±21

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