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Shamrock, TX

1,710 Population
2 square miles 835.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wheeler County: 41.3 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,495 ±$6,008 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wheeler County: $31,568 ±$3,014
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,912 ±$20,377 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wheeler County: $60,167 † ±$10,942
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±6.6% (329  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wheeler County: 15.4% † 732 (±4.1% / ±195)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.2 minutes ±8.1 (23,045  ±7,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wheeler County: 23.4 † 50,020 (±4.2 / ±9,717)
  • 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

778 ±93 Number of households
  • Wheeler County: 1,928 ±99
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (1,710  ±188) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wheeler County: 2.5 4,773 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • 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

2.4% ±3.6% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Wheeler County: 2.4% † 25 (±2.3% / ±24)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,055 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Wheeler County: 2,606 ±27
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,000 ±$8,190 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wheeler County: $106,100 † ±$15,729
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±6.2% (179  ±107) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wheeler County: 10.8% † 522 (±4.2% / ±203.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

89.6% ±8.8% (1,140  ±175.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wheeler County: 89% 3,029 (±7.4% / ±271.4)
  • a little higher than 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)
10% ±4.5% (127  ±58.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wheeler County: 17% † 579 (±3.6% / ±123.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-quarter 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

4.7% ±3.2% (81  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wheeler County: 9.3% 451
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±3.8% (104  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wheeler County: 5.5% † 203 (±1.7% / ±64)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
104 Total veterans ±52 104 Male ±52 N/A Female ±15

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