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Census Tract 7408, Wharton, TX

3,873 Population
20.9 square miles 185 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±5.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in El Campo: 33.7 ±2.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wharton County: 38.1 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,907 ±$4,466 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in El Campo: $28,414 † ±$3,071
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wharton County: $34,628 ±$2,370
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$49,819 ±$11,333 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in El Campo: $67,017 † ±$12,887
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wharton County: $66,924 ±$3,866
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

26.2% ±10.6% (1,015  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in El Campo: 21% † 2,539 (±6.3% / ±759)
  • nearly double the rate in Wharton County: 13.6% † 5,589 (±2.5% / ±1,027)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

19 minutes ±2.3 (33,770  ±8,778) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in El Campo: 21.6 † 105,535 (±3.2 / ±18,600)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wharton County: 25.7 454,730 (±1.8 / ±36,667)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,538 ±266 Number of households
  • El Campo: 4,350 ±296
  • Wharton County: 15,890 ±353
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.5 ±0.2 (3,866  ±763) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in El Campo: 2.8 12,060 (±0.2 / ±24)
  • a little less than the figure in Wharton County: 2.6 41,020 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

7% ±9.5% (59  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in El Campo: 6.6% † 204 (±4.1% / ±128)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wharton County: 8% † 742 (±2.3% / ±214)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,685 ±242 Number of housing units
  • El Campo: 4,780 ±323
  • Wharton County: 17,711 ±54
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$155,600 ±$15,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in El Campo: $201,400 † ±$23,055
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wharton County: $189,900 ±$12,396
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

14.7% ±9.7% (561  ±386.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in El Campo: 12.2% † 1,465 (±4.4% / ±529.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wharton County: 10.6% † 4,363 (±2% / ±834.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

84.6% ±5.9% (2,257  ±433.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in El Campo: 82.1% 6,197 (±6.9% / ±630.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wharton County: 85.5% 23,382 (±4.3% / ±1,194.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
10.7% ±4.3% (285  ±125.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in El Campo: 17.6% † 1,330 (±3.4% / ±265.1)
  • about half the rate in Wharton County: 20.7% † 5,667 (±2.2% / ±599.5)
  • about one-third 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

11.3% ±5.3% (437  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in El Campo: 11% † 1,337 (±2.2% / ±270)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wharton County: 8.5% 3,563
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

2.4% ±1.7% (70  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in El Campo: 4.9% † 417 (±1.9% / ±162)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wharton County: 5.7% † 1,767 (±0.9% / ±267)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
70 Total veterans ±52 69 Male ±52 1 Female ±4

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