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Mertens, TX

123 Population
0.4 square miles 283.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hill County: 41 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,939 ±$7,922 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Hill County: $32,052 ±$1,178
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,000 ±$14,138 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hill County: $64,591 ±$2,693
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.9% ±10.4% (12  ±13) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hill County: 14.7% † 5,363 (±2% / ±734)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

48.9 minutes ±28.9 (2,395  ±2,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Hill County: 32 465,370 (±1.5 / ±27,033)
  • nearly double the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

44 ±27 Number of households
  • Hill County: 13,767 ±320
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±2.2 (123  ±58) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hill County: 2.7 36,571 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

45 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Hill County: 16,434 ±53
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$88,000 ±$13,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Hill County: $179,200 ±$9,564
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±27.6% (15  ±34.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hill County: 11.7% † 4,332 (±1.8% / ±676.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±40.3% (68  ±46.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hill County: 86.7% 22,234 (±3.2% / ±827.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9% ±39.3% (7  ±30.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Hill County: 18% 4,615 (±1.5% / ±382.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.6% ±17.4% (18  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hill County: 6.7% 2,517
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±6.7% (7  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Hill County: 7.6% † 2,189 (±0.8% / ±238)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7 Total veterans ±7 5 Male ±5 2 Female ±3

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