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Rising Star Independent School District, TX

1,258 Population
126.1 square miles 10 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Eastland County: 42.6 ±1.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,224 ±$4,709 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Eastland County: $31,650 ±$3,094
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$38,125 ±$6,446 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Eastland County: $51,741 ±$3,362
  • about half the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

23% ±9.8% (282  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Eastland County: 14.7% † 2,485 (±3.2% / ±545)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

19.8 minutes ±2 (9,130  ±2,917) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Eastland County: 24.8 † 177,825 (±3 / ±25,420)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

545 ±117 Number of households
  • Eastland County: 7,168 ±368
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.3 ±0.6 (1,224  ±222) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Eastland County: 2.4 16,893 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

8% ±7.2% (21  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eastland County: 8.8% † 314 (±3.7% / ±134)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

853 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Eastland County: 9,391 ±33
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$82,800 ±$34,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Eastland County: $121,700 † ±$16,679
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

14.6% ±7.2% (181  ±94.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eastland County: 16% † 2,833 (±4.3% / ±758.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

79.3% ±20.3% (697  ±124.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eastland County: 85% 10,347 (±5.3% / ±658.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
17% ±6.2% (149  ±61) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Eastland County: 22.2% † 2,705 (±3.2% / ±388.1)
  • about half 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

5.3% ±3.5% (66  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Eastland County: 5% 892
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

9.5% ±2.8% (94  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Eastland County: 9.1% † 1,276 (±1.4% / ±196)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
94 Total veterans ±32 78 Male ±29 16 Female ±19

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