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Census Tract 5, Lamar, TX

4,379 Population
7.8 square miles 560.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Paris: 35.8 ±1.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lamar County: 39.7 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,237 ±$4,522 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Paris: $26,854 ±$2,404
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lamar County: $33,256 ±$1,731
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$43,750 ±$13,996 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Paris: $47,239 ±$3,841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lamar County: $61,880 ±$4,398
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

43.1% ±12.6% (1,762  ±614) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Paris: 26% † 6,243 (±3.9% / ±941)
  • more than double the rate in Lamar County: 19% † 9,460 (±2.3% / ±1,138)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

14.3 minutes ±1.3 (25,230  ±6,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Paris: 15.9 † 148,570 (±1.7 / ±18,055)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lamar County: 19.4 398,040 (±1.5 / ±35,399)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,479 ±200 Number of households
  • Paris: 9,870 ±402
  • Lamar County: 20,019 ±451
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.8 ±0.4 (4,111  ±771) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Paris: 2.4 24,044 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lamar County: 2.5 49,938 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

4.9% ±5.5% (42  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Paris: 6.5% † 360 (±3.1% / ±174)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lamar County: 6.2% † 688 (±1.8% / ±200)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,784 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Paris: 11,531 ±320
  • Lamar County: 22,824 ±43
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$111,300 ±$24,447 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Paris: $150,000 † ±$22,889
  • about half the amount in Lamar County: $200,700 ±$15,488
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

10.3% ±4.8% (446  ±224.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Paris: 13% † 3,199 (±2.9% / ±716.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lamar County: 13% † 6,542 (±2.1% / ±1,045.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

90% ±7.1% (2,482  ±446) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Paris: 88.6% 14,368 (±5.1% / ±915.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Lamar County: 88.6% 30,541 (±3.7% / ±1,265.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
9.9% ±4.5% (272  ±131.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Paris: 19.3% † 3,134 (±2.7% / ±447.8)
  • about half the rate in Lamar County: 21.6% 7,439 (±1.9% / ±655.9)
  • about one-quarter of 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

4% ±3.4% (175  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Paris: 3.5% † 860 (±1% / ±246)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lamar County: 4.5% 2,279
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

4.3% ±2% (136  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Paris: 7.2% † 1,323 (±1.9% / ±350)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 7.2% † 2,760 (±1.2% / ±466)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
136 Total veterans ±66 113 Male ±60 23 Female ±32

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