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Perryton, TX

8,585 Population
4.8 square miles 1,789.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ochiltree County: 33.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,559 ±$3,165 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ochiltree County: $34,056 † ±$4,576
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,514 ±$10,918 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ochiltree County: $70,183 † ±$9,262
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±4.5% (1,057  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Ochiltree County: 11.9% † 1,151 (±4.1% / ±396)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±4.2 (83,930  ±18,440) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ochiltree County: 19.9 † 93,540 (±3.9 / ±19,155)
  • 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

3,230 ±231 Number of households
  • Ochiltree County: 3,680 ±214
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (8,513  ±404) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ochiltree County: 2.6 9,714 (±0.2 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.2% ±6.7% (223  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ochiltree County: 9.9% † 228 (±5.8% / ±135)
  • about 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

3,747 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Ochiltree County: 4,345 ±20
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,500 ±$15,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ochiltree County: $134,400 † ±$16,264
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±3.5% (795  ±294.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Ochiltree County: 9.1% † 870 (±3.2% / ±310.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.9% ±7.6% (4,047  ±427.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ochiltree County: 78.1% 4,636 (±7.3% / ±447.4)
  • 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)
21% ±4.3% (1,092  ±225.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ochiltree County: 20.7% † 1,229 (±4% / ±241.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-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

29.9% ±4.3% (2,565  ±386) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ochiltree County: 27.7% 2,713
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±1.6% (189  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ochiltree County: 3.2% † 216 (±1.5% / ±99)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
189 Total veterans ±97 189 Male ±97 N/A Female ±21

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