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Census Tract 5, Lavaca, TX

3,750 Population
256 square miles 14.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Yoakum: 30.3 ±2.8
  • about the same as the figure in Lavaca County: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,754 ±$3,075 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Yoakum: $26,019 † ±$2,916
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lavaca County: $35,997 ±$1,738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$53,864 ±$5,814 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Yoakum: $46,810 † ±$13,191
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lavaca County: $63,240 ±$5,166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

20% ±5.6% (730  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yoakum: 17.7% † 1,006 (±5.5% / ±320)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lavaca County: 11.5% † 2,304 (±1.9% / ±386)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

28.6 minutes ±7.7 (32,260  ±6,082) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Yoakum: 21.6 † 54,510 (±4.1 / ±13,588)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lavaca County: 26.2 216,320 (±2 / ±18,962)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,442 ±145 Number of households
  • Yoakum: 2,321 † ±232
  • Lavaca County: 8,476 ±261
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.5 ±0.2 (3,644  ±508) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Yoakum: 2.5 † 5,682 (±0.3 / ±429)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lavaca County: 2.4 20,129 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

4.6% ±5.1% (24  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yoakum: 5.7% † 76 (±4.7% / ±64)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lavaca County: 3.6% † 145 (±1.9% / ±76)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,784 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Yoakum: 2,659 ±233
  • Lavaca County: 10,518 ±27
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$256,400 ±$48,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Yoakum: $151,100 † ±$28,063
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lavaca County: $228,300 ±$14,053
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

4.8% ±1.9% (181  ±76.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Yoakum: 9.7% † 561 (±5% / ±289.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lavaca County: 8.7% † 1,767 (±1.9% / ±394.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

83.5% ±3.1% (2,128  ±245.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Yoakum: 80% 2,787 (±7% / ±340.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Lavaca County: 88.4% 12,680 (±4.4% / ±637.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
17% ±3.3% (434  ±95.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Yoakum: 10.6% † 371 (±3.9% / ±138.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lavaca County: 22.2% † 3,187 (±2.2% / ±321)
  • 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

5% ±3.5% (186  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Yoakum: 15.4% † 898 (±5.5% / ±328)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lavaca County: 4.8% 987
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

6.1% ±2.3% (174  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yoakum: 5.4% † 237 (±2.9% / ±127)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lavaca County: 6.9% † 1,080 (±1.2% / ±192)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
174 Total veterans ±68 161 Male ±66 13 Female ±17

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