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Yoakum, TX

5,649 Population
4.6 square miles 1,233.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±5.9 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lavaca County: 43.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,828 ±$2,943 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lavaca County: $35,549 ±$1,485
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$49,950 ±$8,475 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lavaca County: $61,768 ±$3,819
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

13.8% ±5.2% (756  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lavaca County: 9.4% † 1,892 (±2% / ±402)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

18.8 minutes ±3.9 (45,805  ±11,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lavaca County: 24.9 212,985 (±1.4 / ±15,500)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

2,304 ±214 Number of households
  • Lavaca County: 8,370 ±233
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.3 (5,482  ±422) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lavaca County: 2.4 20,053 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

2.5% ±2.9% (29  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lavaca County: 2.5% † 101 (±1% / ±42)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,714 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Lavaca County: 10,499 ±34
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$134,100 ±$20,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lavaca County: $220,900 ±$13,079
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

9.6% ±4.6% (538  ±261.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lavaca County: 10.8% † 2,203 (±2.4% / ±479.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

77.8% ±7.7% (2,780  ±349.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lavaca County: 87.1% 12,405 (±3.9% / ±567)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
11% ±3.7% (391  ±137.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lavaca County: 20.9% 2,976 (±2.1% / ±293.6)
  • about one-third 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

14.4% ±4.4% (811  ±257) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lavaca County: 6% 1,218
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.1% ±1.8% (177  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lavaca County: 6.8% † 1,066 (±1.2% / ±186)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
177 Total veterans ±79 171 Male ±77 6 Female ±11

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