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Amarillo, TX

203,042 Population
103.6 square miles 1,959.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,604 ±$3,224 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $35,357 ±$2,561
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$58,897 ±$5,358 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $63,994 ±$3,203
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

13.3% ±2.5% (26,595  ±5,031) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 11.7% † 30,762 (±2% / ±5,348)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

19.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,713,035  ±59,158) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 20.1 2,365,065 (±0.5 / ±68,064)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

80,754 ±2,327 Number of households
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 102,739 ±2,101
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.5 ±0.1 (200,448  ±3,082) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 2.6 263,994 (±0.1 / ±1,456)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

2.9% ±1.6% (1,466  ±824) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 3.3% † 2,181 (±1.4% / ±904)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

91,397 ±1,670 Number of housing units
  • the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 116,507 ±580
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$190,700 ±$13,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: $205,000 ±$9,497
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

11.7% ±2.2% (23,521  ±4,416.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 12.6% † 34,226 (±2% / ±5,314.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

86.2% ±3.9% (115,134  ±6,048) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 87.7% 156,566 (±3.5% / ±6,485.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
25.9% ±2.3% (34,522  ±3,170.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 26.5% 47,346 (±1.9% / ±3,470.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

10.2% ±1.4% (20,688  ±2,890) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 8.3% † 22,518 (±1.1% / ±2,978)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

6.5% ±1% (10,061  ±1,556) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Amarillo, TX Metro Area: 6.5% † 13,460 (±0.9% / ±1,792)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
10,061 Total veterans ±1,556 9,096 Male ±1,478 965 Female ±622

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