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Karnes City, TX

3,271 Population
2.3 square miles 1,430.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Karnes County: 35.9 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$18,996 ±$4,900 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Karnes County: $25,330 † ±$2,798
  • about half the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$49,459 ±$7,903 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Karnes County: $49,526 † ±$10,673
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

29.2% ±12.6% (655  ±299) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Karnes County: 18.3% † 2,100 (±4.5% / ±536)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

22 minutes ±6.3 (23,750  ±9,165) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Karnes County: 20.5 91,580 (±2 / ±14,051)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

795 ±213 Number of households
  • Karnes County: 4,431 ±381
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.6 ±0.8 (2,034  ±387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Karnes County: 2.6 † 11,311 (±0.3 / ±631)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

1.5% ±2% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Karnes County: 8.1% † 216 (±5.9% / ±157)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

1,054 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Karnes County: 5,803 ±248
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$58,100 ±$36,417 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Karnes County: $111,900 † ±$15,856
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

34.6% ±13.2% (1,126  ±430.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Karnes County: 19.1% † 2,787 (±4.4% / ±644.9)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

66.4% ±9.3% (1,446  ±230.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Karnes County: 75.1% 7,605 (±5% / ±542)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
12% ±4.5% (262  ±98.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Karnes County: 15.9% † 1,613 (±2.6% / ±266.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

30.5% ±12.2% (997  ±400) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Karnes County: 9.9% † 1,472 (±3.1% / ±457)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

2.9% ±1.4% (76  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Karnes County: 6.3% † 728 (±1.5% / ±176)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
76 Total veterans ±36 68 Male ±34 8 Female ±9

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