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Census Tract 2, Lavaca, TX

3,678 Population
85.1 square miles 43.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hallettsville: 43.1 ±2.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Lavaca County: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,944 ±$4,806 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hallettsville: $33,205 † ±$6,159
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lavaca County: $35,997 ±$1,738
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$71,914 ±$14,705 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hallettsville: $55,718 † ±$13,992
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lavaca County: $63,240 ±$5,166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

8.4% ±4.2% (289  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hallettsville: 15.3% † 388 (±7.3% / ±185)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lavaca County: 11.5% † 2,304 (±1.9% / ±386)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

26.6 minutes ±3.6 (44,620  ±9,606) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hallettsville: 22.6 25,355 (±1.2 / ±4,768)
  • about the same as the figure in Lavaca County: 26.2 216,320 (±2 / ±18,962)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,497 ±156 Number of households
  • Hallettsville: 1,129 ±102
  • Lavaca County: 8,476 ±261
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.3 ±0.3 (3,470  ±310) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hallettsville: 2.3 2,547 (±0.2 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Lavaca County: 2.4 20,129 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

1.9% ±2.1% (15  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hallettsville: 2.5% † 13 (±3.2% / ±17)
  • about half the rate in Lavaca County: 3.6% † 145 (±1.9% / ±76)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,746 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Hallettsville: 1,363 ±122
  • Lavaca County: 10,518 ±27
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$200,900 ±$38,967 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hallettsville: $163,000 † ±$31,205
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lavaca County: $228,300 ±$14,053
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

7.7% ±3.2% (281  ±120.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hallettsville: 11.7% † 319 (±5.3% / ±145.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lavaca County: 8.7% † 1,767 (±1.9% / ±394.4)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

91.8% ±7.4% (2,401  ±287.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hallettsville: 89.3% † 1,729 (±10.6% / ±232.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lavaca County: 88.4% 12,680 (±4.4% / ±637.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
23.5% ±5.6% (614  ±156.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hallettsville: 17.5% † 338 (±5.9% / ±116.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lavaca County: 22.2% † 3,187 (±2.2% / ±321)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.6% ±1.1% (59  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Hallettsville: 4.7% † 130 (±3.2% / ±89)
  • about one-third of the rate in Lavaca County: 4.8% 987
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

5.9% ±2.8% (166  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hallettsville: 7.8% † 161 (±4% / ±82)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lavaca County: 6.9% † 1,080 (±1.2% / ±192)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
166 Total veterans ±81 128 Male ±71 38 Female ±40

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