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Census Tract 9506, Howard, TX

4,759 Population
3.8 square miles 1,241.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Big Spring: 36.4 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Howard County: 36.7 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$44,031 ±$6,761 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Big Spring: $31,414 ±$2,190
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Howard County: $34,939 ±$1,970
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$98,114 ±$18,833 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Big Spring: $67,581 ±$4,094
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Howard County: $69,649 ±$3,878
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

11.2% ±5.1% (515  ±238) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Big Spring: 17.1% † 3,539 (±2.8% / ±583)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Howard County: 13.8% † 4,006 (±2% / ±570)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

16.7 minutes ±1.4 (37,165  ±6,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Big Spring: 21.1 † 198,330 (±2.2 / ±23,765)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Howard County: 21.8 280,685 (±1.7 / ±25,256)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,798 ±204 Number of households
  • Big Spring: 9,061 ±369
  • Howard County: 12,191 ±351
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.6 ±0.4 (4,588  ±453) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Big Spring: 2.3 20,775 (±0.1 / ±450)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Howard County: 2.4 29,090 (±0.1 / ±440)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

4.5% ±4.3% (54  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Big Spring: 11.1% † 571 (±3.3% / ±173)
  • about half the rate in Howard County: 9.5% † 643 (±2.7% / ±182)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,849 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Big Spring: 10,462 ±325
  • Howard County: 14,048 ±202
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$181,100 ±$22,546 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Big Spring: $140,200 † ±$18,695
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Howard County: $155,600 ±$8,624
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

15.2% ±6.1% (722  ±297.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Big Spring: 15.1% † 3,585 (±2.7% / ±649)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 12.7% † 4,057 (±2.1% / ±676)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

92.3% ±9.3% (2,801  ±411.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Big Spring: 79% 13,134 (±4.7% / ±813.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 81.1% 17,947 (±4% / ±895.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
18.6% ±5.5% (564  ±176.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Big Spring: 12.8% † 2,135 (±2% / ±329.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Howard County: 15.7% † 3,472 (±1.7% / ±384.2)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

3.6% ±1.9% (173  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Big Spring: 11.8% † 2,834 (±2.3% / ±552)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Howard County: 9.8% 3,173
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

8.1% ±3.1% (285  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Big Spring: 5.1% † 976 (±1% / ±193)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Howard County: 5.9% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±227)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
285 Total veterans ±115 244 Male ±99 41 Female ±64

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