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Dickens, TX

170 Population
1 square miles 177.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.5 ±12.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dickens County: 47.6 † ±5.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,941 ±$6,206 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dickens County: $31,036 † ±$4,659
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,545 ±$10,538 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dickens County: $49,335 † ±$5,467
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±13.5% (35  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dickens County: 18% † 307 (±5.1% / ±91)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.5 minutes ±15.4 (2,000  ±1,344) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Dickens County: 24.4 † 16,970 (±3.6 / ±3,701)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

86 ±32 Number of households
  • Dickens County: 727 † ±83
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.9 (161  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dickens County: 2.4 † 1,710 (±0.3 / ±155)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

135 ±42 Number of housing units
  • Dickens County: 1,151 ±84
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$47,800 ±$31,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dickens County: $65,300 † ±$9,315
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±14.4% (19  ±24.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Dickens County: 11.8% † 205 (±4.9% / ±86)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.5% ±24.5% (113  ±52.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dickens County: 84.8% 1,069 (±3.8% / ±115.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.6% ±26.4% (8  ±38) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Dickens County: 18% † 227 (±3.5% / ±49.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.9% ±5% (10  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dickens County: 4% † 55 (±1.9% / ±27)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
10 Total veterans ±8 9 Male ±8 1 Female ±2

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