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Olney, TX

3,015 Population
2 square miles 1,490.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Young County: 41.6 ±1.2
  • 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

$29,325 ±$5,807 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Young County: $37,501 ±$3,158
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,250 ±$9,608 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Young County: $68,010 † ±$9,174
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.4% ±9.1% (780  ±269) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Young County: 16.5% † 2,934 (±3.8% / ±682)
  • 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)

12.9 minutes ±2.5 (16,535  ±4,356) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Young County: 16.9 † 141,520 (±2.1 / ±19,052)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,302 ±141 Number of households
  • Young County: 7,643 ±196
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (2,941  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Young County: 2.3 17,762 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.6% ±9.8% (80  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Young County: 6% † 215 (±3.1% / ±110)
  • 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

1,509 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Young County: 8,545 ±27
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,100 ±$23,829 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Young County: $175,800 ±$12,936
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.9% ±6% (472  ±178.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Young County: 18.3% † 3,274 (±4% / ±720.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±10.8% (1,714  ±257.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Young County: 88.5% 11,106 (±6% / ±777.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.8% ±5.7% (269  ±112.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Young County: 24% † 3,010 (±3.2% / ±408.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

7.3% ±5.6% (219  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Young County: 7.6% 1,369
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.7% (107  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Young County: 7.1% † 986 (±1.5% / ±213)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
107 Total veterans ±61 100 Male ±62 7 Female ±12

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