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Potosi, TX

4,322 Population
18.3 square miles 235.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,483 ±$9,638 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $33,225 ±$996
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$121,543 ±$5,949 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $67,328 ±$2,746
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.5% ±1.9% (109  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 14.2% 23,914 (±1.2% / ±1,956)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.6 minutes ±6.4 (56,370  ±21,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 18.5 1,427,165 (±0.6 / ±55,843)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,368 ±284 Number of households
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 66,088 ±815
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.3 (4,322  ±984) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 2.5 167,600 (±0 / ±198)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±6.4% (48  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,409 (±0.9% / ±400)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,634 ±306 Number of housing units
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 75,799 ±288
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$354,200 ±$30,332 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $178,700 ±$7,110
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±5.8% (410  ±267.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 16.6% 29,542 (±1.2% / ±2,052.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±27.8% (2,876  ±527.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 89.1% 102,108 (±2.2% / ±2,520.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.7% ±8.8% (1,229  ±372.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 26.6% 30,447 (±1.2% / ±1,382.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

7.8% ±4.8% (339  ±222) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 6% 10,829
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

23% ±6% (661  ±222) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 11,706 (±0.7% / ±914)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
661 Total veterans ±222 608 Male ±198 53 Female ±67

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