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Wise County, TX

81,275 Population
904.5 square miles 89.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,883 ±$2,507 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$98,981 ±$6,888 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.6% ±2.6% (4,514  ±2,054) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

34.3 minutes ±2.7 (1,058,115  ±89,693) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,124 ±455 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0.1 (80,081  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.4% ±3.4% (1,156  ±618) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

28,268 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$351,900 ±$23,734 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.2% ±3.5% (9,791  ±2,835.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.5% ±5.9% (48,842  ±3,352) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.3% ±3.2% (12,991  ±1,769.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.1% (8,234  ±1,030) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.8% ±2.1% (5,981  ±1,257) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,981 Total veterans ±1,257 5,230 Male ±1,012 751 Female ±482

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