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Vega, TX

946 Population
1.3 square miles 706.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$39,017 ±$8,116 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $35,425 ±$1,016
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$76,406 ±$7,553 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $66,571 ±$1,333
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

14.9% ±9.6% (137  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 14.3% 37,238 (±1% / ±2,480)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

33.3 minutes ±4.8 (14,880  ±3,588) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 20.1 2,365,065 (±0.5 / ±68,064)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

350 ±65 Number of households
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 101,808 ±931
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.7 (933  ±171) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 2.6 260,339 (±0 / ±286)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

11.3% ±8.6% (21  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 5% † 3,124 (±0.8% / ±509)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

420 ±60 Number of housing units
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 114,741 ±126
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$124,600 ±$27,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $196,500 ±$4,917
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

18.4% ±10.6% (169  ±102.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 13% 34,661 (±1% / ±2,566.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

81.8% ±4.2% (557  ±95.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 86.7% 153,034 (±1.7% / ±2,978.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
13.4% ±4.2% (91  ±32) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 25.6% 45,098 (±0.9% / ±1,576.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

11% ±9.2% (104  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 9.1% 24,704 (±0.7% / ±1,842)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

13.4% ±6.3% (99  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 8.2% 16,549 (±0.5% / ±1,000)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
99 Total veterans ±49 72 Male ±36 27 Female ±22

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