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Karnes City, TX

3,101 Population
2.3 square miles 1,337.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Karnes County: 37.1 ±1.3
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,241 ±$5,127 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Karnes County: $28,251 ±$2,666
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$58,601 ±$27,902 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Karnes County: $59,103 † ±$9,195
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

25.8% ±11.5% (560  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Karnes County: 21.3% † 2,419 (±5.1% / ±578)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

19.5 minutes ±5.5 (23,180  ±7,439) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Karnes County: 20.2 † 96,350 (±2.1 / ±12,359)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

939 ±181 Number of households
  • Karnes County: 4,643 ±242
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.3 ±0.5 (2,166  ±170) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Karnes County: 2.4 11,337 (±0.1 / ±128)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.9% ±5.9% (29  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Karnes County: 10.2% † 294 (±6.6% / ±192)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,225 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Karnes County: 5,892 ±66
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$90,400 ±$19,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Karnes County: $136,900 † ±$20,872
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

23.3% ±11.3% (718  ±347.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Karnes County: 17.9% † 2,613 (±4.7% / ±689.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

71.5% ±10.7% (1,530  ±269) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Karnes County: 77.2% 8,100 (±5.8% / ±639.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
12.9% ±4.6% (277  ±101.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Karnes County: 16% † 1,681 (±2.6% / ±273.8)
  • about two-fifths of 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

17.1% ±10.1% (531  ±314) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Karnes County: 7.1% 1,048
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

3.3% ±2.1% (85  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Karnes County: 5% † 596 (±1.3% / ±159)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
85 Total veterans ±55 82 Male ±54 3 Female ±5

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