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Abilene, TX

130,033 Population
106.7 square miles 1,219 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 34.7 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,194 ±$2,086 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $34,040 ±$1,969
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,605 ±$3,344 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $63,390 † ±$7,471
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.6% ±3.4% (19,808  ±4,042) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 15.6% † 26,640 (±2.8% / ±4,733)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

15.6 minutes ±0.7 (856,795  ±44,956) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 18.5 1,427,165 (±0.6 / ±55,843)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47,920 ±1,740 Number of households
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 66,099 ±2,045
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (118,361  ±297) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 2.6 169,817 (±0.1 / ±3,178)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.1% ±2.7% (2,320  ±895) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 7.9% † 3,431 (±2.5% / ±1,097)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

55,160 ±1,341 Number of housing units
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 76,934 ±1,156
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$185,900 ±$15,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $190,500 ±$16,068
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.1% ±2.7% (20,612  ±3,432.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 14.1% † 25,326 (±2% / ±3,653.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±4.5% (72,529  ±4,120.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 90.2% 103,473 (±3.7% / ±4,805.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.3% ±2.3% (21,276  ±1,970.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 26.8% 30,727 (±2% / ±2,437.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.2% ±1.1% (6,772  ±1,424) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 4.3% † 7,782 (±0.9% / ±1,659)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±1.5% (7,413  ±1,505) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 8.8% † 11,812 (±1.4% / ±1,868)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,413 Total veterans ±1,505 6,418 Male ±1,328 995 Female ±440

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