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Abilene, TX

125,474 Population
106.7 square miles 1,176.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 34.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$27,397 ±$827 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $28,402 ±$682
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$54,493 ±$1,389 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $57,356 ±$2,033
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

15.4% ±1.3% (17,461  ±1,499) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 13.4% 21,802 (±1% / ±1,613)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

15.5 minutes ±0.7 (859,190  ±42,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 18.3 1,391,080 (±0.7 / ±56,686)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

45,504 ±698 Number of households
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 64,331 ±803
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.5 ±0 (112,879  ±868) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 2.5 162,171 (±0 / ±1,014)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

6.5% ±1.5% (2,010  ±451) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 6% † 2,457 (±1.2% / ±490)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

51,501 ±475 Number of housing units
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 73,899 ±448
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$137,800 ±$4,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $134,000 ±$4,888
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

22.3% ±1.6% (27,537  ±2,022) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 18.9% 32,773 (±1.3% / ±2,231.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

87.2% ±2.4% (67,279  ±1,947.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 88.2% 98,008 (±2% / ±2,197.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
26% ±1.4% (20,038  ±1,119.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 25.3% 28,121 (±1.1% / ±1,262.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

7% ±0.6% (8,748  ±805) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 6% 10,520 (±0.5% / ±848)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

9.4% ±0.6% (8,647  ±533) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 9.5% 12,264 (±0.5% / ±674)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
8,647 Total veterans ±533 7,632 Male ±500 1,015 Female ±253

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