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Plainview, TX

19,893 Population
13.9 square miles 1,431.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 34.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,507 ±$2,369 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: $25,570 ±$1,730
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$45,991 ±$4,283 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: $53,276 ±$3,638
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

22.7% ±4.8% (4,382  ±930) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 18.8% † 6,678 (±3% / ±1,046)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

18 minutes ±2.3 (150,980  ±20,404) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 18.3 279,935 (±1.4 / ±23,499)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

6,998 ±352 Number of households
  • the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 12,973 ±322
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.1 (19,234  ±62) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 2.7 35,425 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

7.9% ±3.2% (369  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 10.2% † 820 (±2.8% / ±223)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

8,373 ±279 Number of housing units
  • the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 16,000 ±39
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$107,800 ±$11,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: $104,600 ±$7,848
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

21.8% ±4.8% (4,312  ±937.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 17.8% † 6,608 (±3% / ±1,098)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

74.8% ±6.2% (8,805  ±777.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 75% 17,676 (±3.9% / ±935.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
15.7% ±2.7% (1,847  ±321.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 15.8% † 3,721 (±1.7% / ±399.6)
  • about half 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

11.1% ±2.1% (2,199  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 10.4% 3,919
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

5.1% ±1.3% (727  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 4.4% † 1,212 (±0.7% / ±204)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
727 Total veterans ±184 642 Male ±163 85 Female ±57

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