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Merkel CCD, Taylor County, TX

5,570 Population
270.9 square miles 20.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Taylor County: 33.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,622 ±$13,271 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Taylor County: $34,253 ±$1,179
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,647 ±$16,131 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Taylor County: $67,139 ±$3,057
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±6.9% (677  ±386) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 14.7% 20,529 (±1.3% / ±1,877)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±5 (60,510  ±14,650) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Taylor County: 17.1 1,112,060 (±0.6 / ±47,571)
  • 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

1,923 ±184 Number of households
  • Taylor County: 54,934 ±776
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (5,519  ±631) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Taylor County: 2.5 138,997 (±0 / ±101)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±3.8% (65  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Taylor County: 5.5% † 2,007 (±1% / ±354)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,379 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Taylor County: 62,198 ±284
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,800 ±$28,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Taylor County: $198,600 ±$8,142
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±8.9% (794  ±498.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 16.3% 23,452 (±1.3% / ±1,899.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±3% (3,248  ±336.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Taylor County: 90% 80,730 (±2.5% / ±2,218.9)
  • 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)
17.2% ±4% (598  ±151) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Taylor County: 29.3% 26,251 (±1.5% / ±1,306.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half 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

2.5% ±1.2% (139  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Taylor County: 6.7% 9,837
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.4% (303  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 9% 9,459 (±0.8% / ±859)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
303 Total veterans ±102 279 Male ±93 24 Female ±27

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