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Wichita County, TX

130,180 Population
627.6 square miles 207.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,613 ±$2,639 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,983 ±$3,057 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.2% ±2.9% (21,775  ±3,449) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

15.2 minutes ±0.5 (887,850  ±33,920) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

49,403 ±1,354 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (119,732  ±666) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±2.1% (1,555  ±615) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

55,973 ±274 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$168,100 ±$13,891 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.9% ±2.2% (19,190  ±2,877.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.2% ±4.8% (74,694  ±4,118.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.3% ±2.6% (21,413  ±2,234.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

7% (9,131  ±1,442) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9.1% ±1.5% (8,709  ±1,418) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,709 Total veterans ±1,418 7,938 Male ±1,330 771 Female ±415

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