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Karnes City, TX

3,605 Population
2.3 square miles 1,555.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Karnes County: 38.1 ±1.6
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$22,909 ±$4,858 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Karnes County: $31,304 † ±$3,586
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$55,354 ±$25,383 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Karnes County: $60,214 † ±$9,628
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

29.6% ±11.2% (874  ±336) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Karnes County: 19.2% † 2,223 (±5.3% / ±621)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

18.8 minutes ±6.1 (26,195  ±9,470) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Karnes County: 20.9 † 103,470 (±2.2 / ±13,124)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,101 ±179 Number of households
  • Karnes County: 4,730 ±249
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.7 ±0.5 (2,947  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Karnes County: 2.5 11,598 (±0.1 / ±158)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

7.8% ±8.3% (52  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Karnes County: 11% † 320 (±6% / ±175)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,405 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Karnes County: 5,975 ±68
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$93,400 ±$11,266 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Karnes County: $149,000 † ±$30,966
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

12.5% ±8.4% (443  ±298.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Karnes County: 12.5% † 1,830 (±3.3% / ±490.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

73.9% ±10.4% (1,700  ±286.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Karnes County: 78.1% 8,341 (±6.3% / ±695.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
9.9% ±4.1% (228  ±95.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Karnes County: 14.3% † 1,528 (±2.4% / ±255.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

6.1% ±4.7% (221  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Karnes County: 3.7% 549
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

2.6% ±1.8% (71  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Karnes County: 3.9% † 471 (±1.1% / ±132)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
71 Total veterans ±50 62 Male ±47 9 Female ±12

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