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Onalaska, TX

3,210 Population
5.4 square miles 590.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±12.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 44 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,257 ±$7,048 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $30,198 ±$1,266
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,912 ±$31,173 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $62,259 ±$3,861
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.7% ±11.7% (762  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 17.5% † 8,538 (±2.3% / ±1,101)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±5.4 (25,585  ±8,303) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Polk County: 29.8 521,990 (±1.8 / ±39,721)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,280 ±185 Number of households
  • Polk County: 19,517 ±595
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (3,197  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 2.5 48,991 (±0.1 / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,765 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 26,469 ±63
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,800 ±$82,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $184,800 ±$17,395
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.8% ±17.2% (887  ±549.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 18.4% † 9,659 (±2.5% / ±1,292.4)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.6% ±15.9% (1,794  ±395) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 83.5% 32,032 (±3.6% / ±1,396.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.7% ±7% (254  ±154.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 16.2% † 6,200 (±1.8% / ±687.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third 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

2% ±2.3% (65  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 4.5% 2,363
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

18.2% ±9.1% (446  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Polk County: 9.5% † 3,973 (±1.4% / ±601)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
446 Total veterans ±226 382 Male ±184 64 Female ±80

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