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Merkel, TX

2,630 Population
2.8 square miles 940 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,624 ±$3,405 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $32,292 ±$1,024
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$62,368 ±$23,494 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $66,464 ±$2,039
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

14.5% ±5.5% (374  ±158) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 13.2% 21,841 (±0.9% / ±1,545)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

32.6 minutes ±8.5 (35,925  ±12,632) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 17.9 1,375,430 (±0.4 / ±44,210)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

914 ±134 Number of households
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 65,655 ±636
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.3 (2,576  ±490) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 2.5 165,313 (±0 / ±182)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4.8% ±5.1% (29  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,399 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,084 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 75,164 ±96
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$99,000 ±$28,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $172,800 ±$5,101
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

10.2% ±4.7% (265  ±131) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 17.4% 30,679 (±1.3% / ±2,367.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

92.2% ±21.1% (1,600  ±245.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 89.5% 101,335 (±2.2% / ±2,442)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
12.6% ±3.5% (219  ±71.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 26.2% 29,697 (±1.3% / ±1,437.7)
  • 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

4.2% ±2% (110  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 10,799
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6.6% ±3% (122  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 11,579 (±0.6% / ±756)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
122 Total veterans ±59 108 Male ±57 14 Female ±21

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