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Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area

19,921 Population
506.9 square miles 39.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,539 ±$2,648 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$71,870 ±$10,785 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

8.7% ±2.4% (1,717  ±468) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18.3 minutes ±1.4 (168,895  ±14,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,398 ±296 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (19,597  ±11) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.4% ±4% (261  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,743 ±46 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$150,000 ±$28,015 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.5% ±3% (1,668  ±583.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.5% ±6.1% (11,490  ±911.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.9% ±2.7% (2,354  ±383) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.1% (2,013  ±365) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.5% ±1.4% (1,296  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,296 Total veterans ±216 1,240 Male ±211 56 Female ±47

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