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Matagorda-Sargent CCD, Matagorda County, TX

3,860 Population
340.1 square miles 11.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.2 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Matagorda County: 37.8 ±0.7
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,143 ±$7,065 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Matagorda County: $32,494 ±$1,904
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,047 ±$12,360 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Matagorda County: $58,628 ±$4,363
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±9.1% (697  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 20.7% † 7,453 (±3.6% / ±1,275)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.1 minutes ±0.6 (41,555  ±10,605) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Matagorda County: 24 346,470 (±1.6 / ±30,574)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,020 ±231 Number of households
  • Matagorda County: 15,439 ±437
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (3,852  ±498) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Matagorda County: 2.3 35,947 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±6.5% (25  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Matagorda County: 6% † 458 (±2.7% / ±202)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,591 ±367 Number of housing units
  • Matagorda County: 19,058 ±30
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,900 ±$25,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Matagorda County: $172,900 † ±$18,533
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.9% ±11.4% (686  ±445.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Matagorda County: 12.9% † 4,645 (±2.5% / ±909.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±8.2% (3,023  ±412) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Matagorda County: 81% 19,638 (±4.8% / ±1,185)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.3% ±6.3% (955  ±229) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Matagorda County: 22.2% † 5,370 (±2.6% / ±625.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

4% ±2.4% (153  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Matagorda County: 11.8% 4,282
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±4.2% (336  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Matagorda County: 8% † 2,151 (±1.2% / ±325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
336 Total veterans ±142 310 Male ±119 26 Female ±41

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