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Rising Star, TX

734 Population
1.7 square miles 425 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±14.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Eastland County: 42.6 ±1.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$18,713 ±$3,441 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Eastland County: $31,650 ±$3,094
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$31,667 ±$8,459 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Eastland County: $51,741 ±$3,362
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

22.9% ±7.9% (160  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Eastland County: 14.7% † 2,485 (±3.2% / ±545)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

16.1 minutes ±2.4 (3,920  ±1,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Eastland County: 24.8 † 177,825 (±3 / ±25,420)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

322 ±81 Number of households
  • Eastland County: 7,168 ±368
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.2 ±0.8 (700  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Eastland County: 2.4 16,893 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

9.4% ±10.7% (15  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Eastland County: 8.8% † 314 (±3.7% / ±134)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

473 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Eastland County: 9,391 ±33
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$36,500 ±$9,470 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Eastland County: $121,700 † ±$16,679
  • less than a fifth of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

16.1% ±10% (116  ±76.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Eastland County: 16% † 2,833 (±4.3% / ±758.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

74.7% ±10.9% (366  ±96.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eastland County: 85% 10,347 (±5.3% / ±658.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
4.1% ±8% (20  ±39.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Eastland County: 22.2% † 2,705 (±3.2% / ±388.1)
  • about 10 percent 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

8% ±5.6% (59  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Eastland County: 5% 892
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

9.2% ±4.3% (53  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Eastland County: 9.1% † 1,276 (±1.4% / ±196)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
53 Total veterans ±27 40 Male ±22 13 Female ±19

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