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Midland, TX

143,637 Population
76.2 square miles 1,886 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 33.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,229 ±$3,963 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Midland, TX Metro Area: $47,160 ±$3,620
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,547 ±$11,777 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Midland, TX Metro Area: $89,627 † ±$12,387
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.8% ±3.8% (18,205  ±5,349) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 12.2% † 22,700 (±3.1% / ±5,775)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,252,105  ±51,999) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 21.8 1,822,255 (±0.7 / ±67,009)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

53,499 ±1,669 Number of households
  • the Midland, TX Metro Area: 71,910 ±1,950
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (141,911  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 2.6 186,036 (±0.1 / ±1,122)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.1% ±2.6% (2,363  ±1,021) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 5.6% † 2,717 (±2.3% / ±1,117)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

57,725 ±1,486 Number of housing units
  • the Midland, TX Metro Area: 76,973 ±783
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$324,300 ±$19,370 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Midland, TX Metro Area: $313,200 ±$21,013
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.4% ±4.4% (26,075  ±6,166.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 17.2% † 31,945 (±3.6% / ±6,696.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.4% ±6.2% (78,020  ±5,755) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 87.4% 102,758 (±5.6% / ±6,647.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.7% ±4% (30,313  ±3,556.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 31.8% † 37,385 (±3.4% / ±4,011.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13% ±3.4% (18,702  ±4,841) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 12.9% † 24,319 (±2.6% / ±4,940)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±1.4% (4,623  ±1,391) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Midland, TX Metro Area: 5% † 6,681 (±1.3% / ±1,704)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,623 Total veterans ±1,391 4,569 Male ±1,385 54 Female ±91

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