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Palacios CCD, Matagorda County, TX

5,423 Population
172.5 square miles 31.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Matagorda County: 37.5 ±0.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,473 ±$4,735 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Matagorda County: $30,189 ±$1,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$75,123 ±$33,284 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Matagorda County: $55,174 † ±$6,186
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

13% ±7.9% (703  ±433) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Matagorda County: 21.8% † 7,816 (±3.6% / ±1,288)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

21.2 minutes ±6 (54,660  ±18,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Matagorda County: 23.3 334,370 (±2.1 / ±35,124)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

2,105 ±260 Number of households
  • Matagorda County: 14,824 ±492
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.6 ±0.4 (5,416  ±555) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Matagorda County: 2.4 35,918 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

6.2% ±6.3% (43  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Matagorda County: 6.3% † 468 (±2.7% / ±204)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,646 ±337 Number of housing units
  • Matagorda County: 18,871 ±22
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$194,900 ±$84,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Matagorda County: $162,200 ±$10,929
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

7.9% ±5.3% (425  ±290) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Matagorda County: 11.1% † 3,987 (±2.4% / ±876.2)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

72.7% ±11.4% (2,930  ±568.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 82.8% 19,922 (±4.7% / ±1,148.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
22% ±7.8% (888  ±328.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Matagorda County: 22.8% † 5,482 (±2.6% / ±634.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

8.6% ±5.4% (465  ±296) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 9.9% 3,602
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8% ±4.4% (345  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 9% † 2,424 (±1.6% / ±426)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
345 Total veterans ±193 345 Male ±193 N/A Female ±21

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