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Palacios CCD, Matagorda County, TX

5,960 Population
172.5 square miles 34.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Matagorda County: 37.8 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,310 ±$4,129 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Matagorda County: $32,494 ±$1,904
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,416 ±$17,154 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Matagorda County: $58,628 ±$4,363
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.2% ±8.9% (842  ±541) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Matagorda County: 20.7% † 7,453 (±3.6% / ±1,275)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±6 (69,485  ±20,864) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Matagorda County: 24 346,470 (±1.6 / ±30,574)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,456 ±355 Number of households
  • Matagorda County: 15,439 ±437
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (5,952  ±684) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Matagorda County: 2.3 35,947 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±4.3% (27  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Matagorda County: 6% † 458 (±2.7% / ±202)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,968 ±360 Number of housing units
  • Matagorda County: 19,058 ±30
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,400 ±$60,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Matagorda County: $172,900 † ±$18,533
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±5% (536  ±302.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Matagorda County: 12.9% † 4,645 (±2.5% / ±909.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

69.4% ±11.3% (3,070  ±616.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 81% 19,638 (±4.8% / ±1,185)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±7.8% (958  ±361.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Matagorda County: 22.2% † 5,370 (±2.6% / ±625.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

10.9% ±5.5% (652  ±336) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 11.8% 4,282
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±2.9% (268  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Matagorda County: 8% † 2,151 (±1.2% / ±325)
  • 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)
268 Total veterans ±143 268 Male ±143 N/A Female ±21

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