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Abilene, TX

126,356 Population
106.7 square miles 1,184.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,272 ±$970 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $30,366 ±$891
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$59,254 ±$2,193 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $61,924 ±$2,110
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

15.9% ±1.3% (18,158  ±1,531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 14.1% 23,074 (±1% / ±1,619)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

15.3 minutes ±0.5 (851,390  ±36,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 18.2 1,399,855 (±0.6 / ±51,441)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

46,030 ±691 Number of households
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 65,075 ±779
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.5 ±0 (113,692  ±235) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 2.5 163,432 (±0 / ±174)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

5.8% ±1% (1,819  ±301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,390 (±0.8% / ±320)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

52,083 ±475 Number of housing units
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 74,540 ±99
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$161,800 ±$5,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $158,300 ±$5,070
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

22% ±1.7% (27,517  ±2,177.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 19.1% 33,412 (±1.3% / ±2,298.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

87.6% ±2.6% (67,803  ±2,079.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 89% 99,242 (±2.1% / ±2,351.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
26.4% ±1.5% (20,428  ±1,185.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 25.9% 28,853 (±1.2% / ±1,357.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.5% ±0.9% (9,491  ±1,153) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 6.4% 11,339
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

8.9% ±0.8% (8,225  ±709) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 9% 11,719 (±0.6% / ±801)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
8,225 Total veterans ±709 7,254 Male ±657 971 Female ±261

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