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Marfa, TX

2,179 Population
1.6 square miles 1,342.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Presidio County: 42 ±2.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$35,418 ±$16,891 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Presidio County: $22,463 † ±$6,436
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$38,205 ±$18,615 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Presidio County: $29,014 † ±$10,174
  • about half the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

25.6% ±13.2% (557  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Presidio County: 36.3% † 2,192 (±15.3% / ±922)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

6.2 minutes ±1.8 (6,290  ±2,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Presidio County: 9.7 † 20,675 (±3.4 / ±8,099)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,038 ±242 Number of households
  • Presidio County: 2,340 † ±250
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.1 ±0.6 (2,174  ±369) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Presidio County: 2.6 † 6,038 (±0.3 / ±10)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

20.1% ±23.1% (64  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Presidio County: 21.9% † 218 (±13% / ±139)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,349 ±269 Number of housing units
  • Presidio County: 3,380 ±239
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$217,600 ±$25,116 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Presidio County: $123,100 † ±$78,613
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

7.7% ±7.2% (163  ±156) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Presidio County: 2.9% † 163 (±2.8% / ±157.3)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

73.6% ±10.2% (1,275  ±313.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Presidio County: 66.1% † 2,479 (±12.7% / ±516.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
29.8% ±9.2% (516  ±190.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Presidio County: 20.2% † 758 (±6.1% / ±238.3)
  • about 90 percent 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

15.6% ±11.7% (340  ±262) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Presidio County: 28% 1,694
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.6% ±5% (82  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Presidio County: 2.9% † 127 (±2.6% / ±115)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
82 Total veterans ±90 82 Male ±90 N/A Female ±15

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