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Palacios, TX

4,394 Population
5.5 square miles 805.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 37.5 ±0.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,705 ±$5,788 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $30,189 ±$1,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$60,613 ±$31,988 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $55,174 † ±$6,186
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

16% ±9.9% (703  ±433) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 21.8% † 7,816 (±3.6% / ±1,288)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

19 minutes ±4.9 (40,340  ±12,759) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 23.3 334,370 (±2.1 / ±35,124)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,746 ±214 Number of households
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 14,824 ±492
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.3 (4,387  ±15) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 2.4 35,918 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.1% ±4.1% (20  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 6.3% † 468 (±2.7% / ±204)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,101 ±267 Number of housing units
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 18,871 ±22
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$153,000 ±$77,642 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $162,200 ±$10,929
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

4.2% ±4% (183  ±176.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 11.1% † 3,987 (±2.4% / ±876.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

68.4% ±14.3% (2,258  ±518.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 82.8% 19,922 (±4.7% / ±1,148.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
22.2% ±8.8% (731  ±299.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 22.8% † 5,482 (±2.6% / ±634.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

8.4% ±5.3% (367  ±234) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 9.9% 3,602
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

9.3% ±5.4% (331  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 9% † 2,424 (±1.6% / ±426)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
331 Total veterans ±192 331 Male ±192 N/A Female ±15

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