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Onalaska, TX

3,133 Population
5.4 square miles 576.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±8.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 43.9 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,433 ±$6,937 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $28,346 ±$1,257
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$44,216 ±$30,566 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $59,066 ±$3,522
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

24.1% ±10.8% (754  ±338) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 18.1% † 8,675 (±2.2% / ±1,078)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.7 minutes ±7.7 (22,320  ±9,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Polk County: 30.5 520,495 (±2.2 / ±44,280)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,230 ±203 Number of households
  • Polk County: 18,575 ±602
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.4 (3,119  ±15) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 2.6 48,144 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

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

Housing

1,707 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 25,677 ±78
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$121,900 ±$50,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $154,000 ±$10,956
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

28.1% ±15.3% (875  ±476) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 20% † 10,276 (±2.6% / ±1,327.2)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

83% ±14% (1,775  ±350.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 81.8% 30,592 (±3.3% / ±1,253.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
4.5% ±3.5% (96  ±75.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 13.4% † 5,015 (±1.5% / ±554.4)
  • less than a fifth 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

1.9% ±2.1% (58  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 4.6% 2,404
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

14.6% ±7.5% (336  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 9.3% † 3,827 (±1.1% / ±471)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
336 Total veterans ±174 336 Male ±174 N/A Female ±15

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