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Leon County, TX

16,263 Population
1,073.2 square miles 15.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,192 ±$2,509 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,449 ±$5,115 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±3.3% (2,654  ±528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.3 minutes ±2.7 (170,120  ±19,846) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,741 ±334 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (16,184  ±4) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±3.6% (221  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,067 ±19 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,400 ±$15,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±2.2% (1,131  ±354.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±5.6% (10,085  ±659) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
18.6% ±2.9% (2,141  ±336.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half 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

7% (1,133  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±2% (1,144  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
1,144 Total veterans ±253 1,067 Male ±249 77 Female ±76

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