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Ward County, TX

11,144 Population
835.6 square miles 13.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • 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

$35,097 ±$2,888 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,952 ±$17,987 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.9% ±4.7% (1,644  ±514) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±2 (110,065  ±11,811) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,388 ±157 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (11,021  ±7) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±5.1% (213  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,165 ±18 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,700 ±$21,680 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±2.5% (739  ±273.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half 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

78.1% ±6.9% (5,655  ±515.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of 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)
12.4% ±2.5% (898  ±182.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third 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

9.5% (1,061  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±2% (444  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
444 Total veterans ±156 348 Male ±140 96 Female ±75

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