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Morton, TX

1,510 Population
1.5 square miles 1,003.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 32.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$22,798 ±$3,037 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $34,458 ±$780
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$40,517 ±$10,011 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $62,288 ±$1,319
  • about half the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

26.9% ±8.4% (398  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17% 57,939 (±0.8% / ±2,696)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.9 minutes ±4.1 (14,450  ±3,199) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 17.6 2,789,880 (±0.4 / ±72,080)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

644 ±65 Number of households
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 138,525 ±992
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.3 ±0.3 (1,482  ±146) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 2.5 339,679 (±0 / ±426)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

9.7% ±6.5% (35  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5.1% † 4,670 (±0.7% / ±601)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

785 ±66 Number of housing units
  • the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 154,226 ±216
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$45,500 ±$12,160 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: $188,700 ±$3,914
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

16.3% ±5.2% (242  ±80.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 20.3% 71,091 (±1% / ±3,346.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

69.6% ±7.5% (718  ±102.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 87.5% 188,003 (±1.5% / ±3,249.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
9.4% ±4.2% (97  ±44.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 31.4% 67,363 (±0.9% / ±1,928.1)
  • about one-quarter 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

18.2% ±6% (274  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 6.3% 22,194 (±0.5% / ±1,678)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

5.3% ±2.5% (62  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 14,470 (±0.3% / ±850)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
62 Total veterans ±30 52 Male ±26 10 Female ±11

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