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Fayette County, TX

25,042 Population
949.9 square miles 26.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,613 ±$2,912 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,854 ±$3,307 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±1.7% (2,120  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.1 minutes ±2.2 (234,290  ±25,304) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

10,403 ±310 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (24,571  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.7% ±4.4% (485  ±198) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,233 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$293,900 ±$21,470 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±1.5% (1,495  ±373) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±4.4% (16,855  ±826.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.5% ±2.4% (5,059  ±444.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.3% (1,579  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±1% (1,488  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,488 Total veterans ±195 1,417 Male ±192 71 Female ±38

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