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Marlin, TX

5,500 Population
4.5 square miles 1,217.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$19,447 ±$3,591 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $32,998 ±$752
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$38,000 ±$23,845 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $63,880 ±$1,650
  • about half the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

18.2% ±5.7% (885  ±280) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 16.5% 47,362 (±1% / ±2,874)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

23.3 minutes ±2.7 (36,095  ±10,109) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 21.6 2,635,130 (±0.6 / ±78,610)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

2,014 ±205 Number of households
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 109,442 ±811
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.3 (4,846  ±196) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 2.6 287,661 (±0 / ±223)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

19% ±6% (184  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 5.3% † 3,854 (±0.7% / ±479)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,567 ±204 Number of housing units
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 123,987 ±133
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$49,800 ±$25,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $209,600 ±$4,974
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

11.9% ±3.6% (627  ±188.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 15.7% 46,497 (±1% / ±2,912.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

81.5% ±11.7% (2,936  ±467.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 87.9% 164,999 (±1.7% / ±3,136.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
11.4% ±4.9% (409  ±179.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 26.4% 49,630 (±1% / ±1,905.5)
  • about one-third 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

6.6% ±2.9% (363  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 8.2% 24,389
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

11.8% ±5.8% (491  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 7.4% 16,765 (±0.5% / ±1,057)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
491 Total veterans ±243 237 Male ±117 254 Female ±225

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