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Vega, TX

1,086 Population
1.3 square miles 811.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,953 ±$7,920 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $36,873 ±$1,222
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,125 ±$14,889 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $69,611 ±$1,798
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21% ±15.1% (222  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 14.4% 37,588 (±1.1% / ±2,852)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.4 minutes ±5.7 (16,350  ±4,281) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 20.5 2,448,790 (±0.4 / ±60,924)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

360 ±69 Number of households
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 103,062 ±846
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.8 (1,071  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 2.5 261,510 (±0 / ±310)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±4.6% (12  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 3,032 (±0.7% / ±464)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

431 ±65 Number of housing units
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 115,539 ±126
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,000 ±$32,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $208,700 ±$4,295
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.8% ±16% (313  ±178.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 13.4% 36,080 (±1% / ±2,580.5)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.9% ±18.8% (594  ±94.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 87.2% 155,102 (±1.8% / ±3,124.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±2.9% (96  ±27.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 27.1% 48,135 (±0.9% / ±1,665.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third 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

12.4% ±9.9% (135  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 9.1% 24,756 (±0.6% / ±1,489)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.5% ±5.1% (85  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 7.5% 15,250 (±0.5% / ±1,080)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±44 61 Male ±30 24 Female ±19

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