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Happy, TX

758 Population
1.1 square miles 714.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±4.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters 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

$21,854 ±$6,759 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $35,425 ±$1,016
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$67,656 ±$18,644 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

23.4% ±12.2% (177  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 14.3% 37,238 (±1% / ±2,480)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

17.8 minutes ±3.3 (4,140  ±1,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 20.1 2,365,065 (±0.5 / ±68,064)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

213 ±67 Number of households
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 101,808 ±931
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.6 ±1.4 (758  ±171) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 2.6 260,339 (±0 / ±286)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4% ±4.4% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 5% † 3,124 (±0.8% / ±509)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

265 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 114,741 ±126
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$78,600 ±$19,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $196,500 ±$4,917
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

8.9% ±9.8% (67  ±75.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 13% 34,661 (±1% / ±2,566.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

86.6% ±5.1% (349  ±81.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 86.7% 153,034 (±1.7% / ±2,978.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
28% ±10% (113  ±47.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 25.6% 45,098 (±0.9% / ±1,576.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

18.5% ±7.8% (140  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 9.1% 24,704 (±0.7% / ±1,842)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

2.3% ±2% (11  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 8.2% 16,549 (±0.5% / ±1,000)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
11 Total veterans ±10 11 Male ±10 N/A Female ±15

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