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Harker Heights, TX

33,595 Population
15.6 square miles 2,150.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,135 ±$2,327 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: $32,909 ±$630
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$82,685 ±$10,165 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: $67,203 ±$1,403
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

10.4% ±2.7% (3,460  ±892) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 13.7% 62,607 (±0.8% / ±3,630)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

23.8 minutes ±2 (348,815  ±35,865) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 23.8 4,691,280 (±0.6 / ±124,935)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

11,962 ±649 Number of households
  • the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 172,803 ±1,219
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.2 (33,421  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 2.7 459,531 (±0 / ±685)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.1% ±2% (469  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 6.7% 8,203 (±0.6% / ±741)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

12,803 ±616 Number of housing units
  • the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 190,840 ±313
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$269,000 ±$15,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: $215,000 ±$3,668
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

18.9% ±4.1% (6,264  ±1,369) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 21.1% 100,931 (±0.9% / ±4,273.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

93.2% ±4.9% (19,513  ±1,295.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 90.9% 275,337 (±1.4% / ±4,352.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
32.1% ±3.3% (6,717  ±732.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 25.4% 76,901 (±0.8% / ±2,425.4)
  • a little less than 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

9.7% ±2.3% (3,257  ±766) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 7.9% 38,440
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

27.7% ±2.3% (5,890  ±532) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area: 19.2% 62,657 (±0.5% / ±1,720)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
5,890 Total veterans ±532 4,339 Male ±516 1,551 Female ±344

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