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Jayton, TX

458 Population
1.7 square miles 269.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.1 ±9.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kent County: 60 ±4.6
  • about 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

$31,973 ±$6,776 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kent County: $38,774 † ±$9,360
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,652 ±$39,656 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $72,889 † ±$17,672
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±9.7% (53  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kent County: 9.9% † 67 (±5.8% / ±41)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.4 minutes ±3.1 (1,780  ±884) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kent County: 14 † 3,500 (±2.7 / ±1,203)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

187 ±61 Number of households
  • Kent County: 308 † ±69
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.9 (404  ±116) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 2.2 † 673 (±0.6 / ±117)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

254 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 523 † ±79
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,300 ±$68,950 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kent County: $122,200 † ±$44,831
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±7.6% (42  ±36.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kent County: 7.5% † 54 (±4.7% / ±34.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.4% ±11.8% (295  ±86) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 87.8% † 531 (±10.5% / ±107)
  • a little less than 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)
26.3% ±14.1% (94  ±56) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 26.3% † 159 (±9% / ±60.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.3% ±8.8% (13  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kent County: 3.6% † 23 (±5.6% / ±36)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13 Total veterans ±35 13 Male ±35 N/A Female ±15

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