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Fort Stockton, TX

8,278 Population
5.5 square miles 1,491.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pecos County: 36.9 ±1.5
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,326 ±$6,813 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pecos County: $33,205 † ±$3,711
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,784 ±$17,322 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pecos County: $72,750 † ±$12,336
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21% ±8.3% (1,589  ±629) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Pecos County: 21.6% † 2,741 (±7.6% / ±962)
  • about 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)

17.9 minutes ±4.3 (66,975  ±16,953) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pecos County: 19.8 † 116,090 (±3.4 / ±21,365)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,189 ±260 Number of households
  • Pecos County: 5,238 ±168
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (7,597  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pecos County: 2.4 12,788 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±5.3% (93  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pecos County: 3.2% † 93 (±3.5% / ±103)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,550 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Pecos County: 5,897 ±25
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,600 ±$22,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pecos County: $165,700 ±$14,854
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±4.6% (778  ±374) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Pecos County: 9.9% † 1,461 (±3.7% / ±539.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±8.9% (4,847  ±555.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pecos County: 83.2% 8,577 (±6.3% / ±685.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±4.7% (885  ±260) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pecos County: 14.1% † 1,450 (±3.1% / ±323.1)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half 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

13% ±4.1% (1,076  ±338) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pecos County: 13.9% 2,074
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±3.3% (511  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pecos County: 6.5% † 730 (±2% / ±227)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
511 Total veterans ±203 434 Male ±198 77 Female ±59

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