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Abilene, TX

127,130 Population
106.7 square miles 1,191.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$31,019 ±$1,141 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $32,292 ±$1,024
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$62,720 ±$2,201 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $66,464 ±$2,039
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

14.8% ±1.3% (17,128  ±1,456) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 13.2% 21,841 (±0.9% / ±1,545)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

15.2 minutes ±0.5 (839,725  ±36,820) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 17.9 1,375,430 (±0.4 / ±44,210)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

46,682 ±676 Number of households
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 65,655 ±636
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0 (114,751  ±205) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 2.5 165,313 (±0 / ±182)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.6% ±1% (1,737  ±299) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,399 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

52,729 ±510 Number of housing units
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 75,164 ±96
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$178,900 ±$8,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $172,800 ±$5,101
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

19.4% ±1.6% (24,395  ±2,010.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 17.4% 30,679 (±1.3% / ±2,367.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

88.3% ±2.6% (69,439  ±2,128.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 89.5% 101,335 (±2.2% / ±2,442)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
27.1% ±1.6% (21,312  ±1,271.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 26.2% 29,697 (±1.3% / ±1,437.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

7.4% ±0.9% (9,387  ±1,190) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 10,799
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8.4% ±0.7% (7,841  ±637) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 11,579 (±0.6% / ±756)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
7,841 Total veterans ±637 6,965 Male ±630 876 Female ±260

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