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Colorado City, TX

3,976 Population
5.3 square miles 745.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±7.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mitchell County: 36.7 ±2.3
  • 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

$26,113 ±$4,544 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $28,978 † ±$3,152
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,448 ±$10,924 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $60,550 † ±$10,400
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.6% ±8.6% (639  ±333) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 13.8% † 1,052 (±5% / ±380)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.2 minutes ±4.3 (33,410  ±8,470) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mitchell County: 22.7 † 81,350 (±2.6 / ±11,271)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,240 ±162 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 2,758 ±193
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.4 (3,857  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 2.8 7,606 (±0.2 / ±56)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.4% ±12.4% (87  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mitchell County: 7.8% † 107 (±7% / ±97)
  • more than 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

1,579 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 3,691 ±46
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$69,500 ±$17,339 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $85,800 † ±$11,696
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±4.5% (198  ±173.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mitchell County: 12.8% † 1,133 (±3.5% / ±311.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.7% ±10.6% (1,915  ±324.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mitchell County: 83.9% 5,092 (±7.3% / ±484.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.6% ±4.9% (306  ±122) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 11.5% † 698 (±2.9% / ±175.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

5% ±3.8% (200  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mitchell County: 3.8% 339
  • 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

5.8% ±2.7% (173  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 5.6% † 399 (±2.1% / ±147)
  • 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)
173 Total veterans ±82 173 Male ±82 N/A Female ±15

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