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Census Tract 7301, Matagorda, TX

3,144 Population
26.6 square miles 118.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.9 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bay City: 31.6 ±1.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Matagorda County: 37.8 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$18,909 ±$4,860 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bay City: $28,635 † ±$2,948
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Matagorda County: $32,494 ±$1,904
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$36,723 ±$11,717 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bay City: $53,840 † ±$7,435
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Matagorda County: $58,628 ±$4,363
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

45.1% ±16.5% (1,362  ±568) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bay City: 26% † 4,519 (±5.3% / ±925)
  • more than double the rate in Matagorda County: 20.7% † 7,453 (±3.6% / ±1,275)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

25.8 minutes ±2.1 (24,015  ±7,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Bay City: 20.6 † 146,875 (±2.1 / ±18,906)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Matagorda County: 24 346,470 (±1.6 / ±30,574)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

996 ±186 Number of households
  • Bay City: 7,342 ±452
  • Matagorda County: 15,439 ±437
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3 ±0.2 (2,992  ±604) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Bay City: 2.4 17,364 (±0.2 / ±35)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Matagorda County: 2.3 35,947 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

11.9% ±10% (86  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Bay City: 5.7% † 249 (±3.5% / ±156)
  • about double the rate in Matagorda County: 6% † 458 (±2.7% / ±202)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,091 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Bay City: 8,200 ±422
  • Matagorda County: 19,058 ±30
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$131,500 ±$33,517 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bay City: $160,800 ±$10,534
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Matagorda County: $172,900 † ±$18,533
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

11.5% ±7.6% (350  ±240) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bay City: 16.5% † 2,895 (±4.3% / ±760.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 12.9% † 4,645 (±2.5% / ±909.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

62.9% ±8.9% (1,040  ±210.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bay City: 80.5% 8,592 (±6.3% / ±801.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Matagorda County: 81% 19,638 (±4.8% / ±1,185)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
13.9% ±5.3% (229  ±93.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bay City: 20.2% † 2,159 (±3.7% / ±409.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Matagorda County: 22.2% † 5,370 (±2.6% / ±625.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

15.6% ±6.6% (489  ±228) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Bay City: 16.6% † 2,939 (±3.2% / ±575)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Matagorda County: 11.8% 4,282
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

4% ±2.8% (77  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bay City: 6.1% † 764 (±1.8% / ±225)
  • about half the rate in Matagorda County: 8% † 2,151 (±1.2% / ±325)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
77 Total veterans ±55 77 Male ±55 N/A Female ±15

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