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Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Independent School District, TX

2,735 Population
137.9 square miles 19.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jim Wells County: 35.7 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,412 ±$4,268 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jim Wells County: $26,585 ±$1,808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,161 ±$15,609 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jim Wells County: $51,896 † ±$6,825
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.2% ±11.7% (551  ±346) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jim Wells County: 24.7% † 9,492 (±3.2% / ±1,223)
  • 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)

22.8 minutes ±3.4 (20,370  ±7,358) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jim Wells County: 24.3 340,115 (±1.3 / ±25,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

806 ±193 Number of households
  • Jim Wells County: 13,279 ±412
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.4 ±0.1 (2,724  ±659) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jim Wells County: 2.9 38,476 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±2.9% (8  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jim Wells County: 4.5% † 389 (±2.2% / ±194)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,010 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Jim Wells County: 16,229 ±71
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,800 ±$27,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jim Wells County: $123,600 † ±$22,797
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.4% ±3.7% (121  ±104.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jim Wells County: 9.7% † 3,728 (±2.4% / ±904.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.8% ±26.2% (1,359  ±294.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jim Wells County: 79.6% 19,731 (±4.4% / ±1,095.2)
  • a little less than 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)
15.4% ±6.6% (256  ±124.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jim Wells County: 16.3% † 4,044 (±2.3% / ±564.6)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

4.5% ±3.2% (122  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jim Wells County: 4.9% 1,914
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±7.1% (200  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jim Wells County: 6.1% † 1,709 (±1.3% / ±375)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
200 Total veterans ±152 160 Male ±112 40 Female ±52

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