Census Reporter

Leon County, TX

17,225 Population
1,073.2 square miles 16.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 34.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,129 ±$4,863 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $31,277 ±$113
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$43,045 ±$3,143 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $61,874 ±$208
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

17.7% ±3.9% (3,023  ±667) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,072,194 (±0.1% / ±34,216)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

30.1 minutes ±1.7 (175,510  ±16,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 331,801,795 (±0.1 / ±983,868)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

6,443 ±324 Number of households
  • Texas: 9,691,647 ±18,858
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.7 ±0.1 (17,117  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,661,312 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

6.6% ±2.9% (215  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 398,679 (±0.1% / ±4,907)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

9,791 ±20 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 10,937,026 ±905
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$111,000 ±$6,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $172,500 ±$355
  • about half the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

11.2% ±2.4% (1,910  ±405.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 15.6% 4,358,441 (±0.1% / ±28,790.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

81.8% ±5% (9,786  ±607.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 83.7% 15,173,595 (±0.2% / ±35,698.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
14% ±2.2% (1,681  ±259.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Texas: 29.9% 5,420,676 (±0.1% / ±20,956.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.2% ±1.1% (897  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17% 4,814,638 (±0.1% / ±22,758)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

9.9% ±1.5% (1,313  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 7% 1,453,450 (±0.1% / ±10,182)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
1,313 Total veterans ±195 1,285 Male ±198 28 Female ±39

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