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Muleshoe, TX

5,568 Population
3.4 square miles 1,622.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bailey County: 33.5 † ±3.6
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 34.4 ±0.2

Economics

$20,786 ±$2,499 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Bailey County: $21,449 † ±$3,413
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $30,143 ±$102
$47,703 ±$4,655 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bailey County: $46,485 † ±$5,594
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $59,570 ±$209

11.2% ±5.4% (592  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bailey County: 14.5% † 987 (±6.9% / ±469)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 15.5% 4,213,938 (±0.1% / ±34,547)

18.5 minutes ±4 (40,180  ±10,800) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bailey County: 16.5 † 47,155 (±3.3 / ±11,039)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.4 322,657,055 (±0.1 / ±882,432)

Families

1,618 ±187 Number of households
  • Bailey County: 2,111 ±192
  • Texas: 9,553,046 ±18,343
3.3 ±0.5 (5,371  ±458) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bailey County: 3.3 6,895 (±0.3 / ±80)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,285,450 (±0)

2.4% ±2.9% (33  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bailey County: 2% † 33 (±2.3% / ±39)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.8% 399,095 (±0.1% / ±5,260)

Housing

1,833 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Bailey County: 2,545 ±155
  • Texas: 10,769,900 ±694

$68,500 ±$10,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bailey County: $68,600 † ±$10,295
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $161,700 ±$339

8.8% ±3.8% (487  ±212.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Bailey County: 9.4% † 661 (±4.1% / ±288.1)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 15.9% 4,378,563 (±0.1% / ±31,324.7)

Social

77.1% ±9% (2,674  ±395.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bailey County: 74.1% † 3,265 (±9.7% / ±459.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 83.2% 14,821,927 (±0.2% / ±33,018.4)
19.5% ±5.1% (675  ±188.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bailey County: 17.7% † 780 (±4.8% / ±213.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 29.3% 5,219,469 (±0.1% / ±18,638.3)

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

17.8% ±5.6% (989  ±321) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Bailey County: 18.5% † 1,313 (±5.3% / ±375)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 17% 4,736,692 (±0.1% / ±22,601)

5.7% ±2.8% (227  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bailey County: 5.8% † 293 (±2.3% / ±118)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 7.2% 1,474,232 (±0.1% / ±9,622)
227 Total veterans ±115 227 Male ±115 N/A Female ±19

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