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Central Texas COG--Bell County (West), Killeen & Harker Heights Cities PUMA, TX

186,042 Population
61.6 square miles 3,021.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,506 ±$1,353 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,881 ±$4,088 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.8% ±2.9% (32,837  ±5,344) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25 minutes ±0.8 (1,928,700  ±79,073) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

70,595 ±2,603 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (185,700  ±3,962) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.1% ±2.5% (3,705  ±1,304) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,341 ±2,596 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$251,300 ±$10,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.3% ±3.4% (38,779  ±6,250.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.5% ±4.5% (103,199  ±6,031.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22.1% ±2.4% (24,630  ±2,794) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

22% ±1.9% (37,037  ±3,189.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 35.1% 9,913,836 (±0.1% / ±38,273.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

8.9% ±1.3% (16,458  ±2,450) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

23.1% ±2% (27,989  ±2,658) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
27,989 Total veterans ±2,658 20,443 Male ±1,888 7,546 Female ±1,692

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