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Palacios, TX

4,589 Population
5.5 square miles 841 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,189 ±$4,344 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $25,206 ±$1,262
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
$49,167 ±$27,550 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $48,733 ±$4,020
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218

17.7% ±12.8% (808  ±586) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 17.9% † 6,519 (±2.7% / ±987)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)

15.6 minutes ±1.4 (30,175  ±6,946) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 23.1 339,470 (±1.9 / ±32,045)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)

Families

1,524 ±255 Number of households
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 13,900 ±480
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
3 ±0.5 (4,569  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 2.6 36,451 (±0.1 / ±156)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)

3.6% ±5.8% (28  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 4.1% † 311 (±2.2% / ±170)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)

Housing

1,902 ±288 Number of housing units
  • the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 19,714 ±73
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353

$88,600 ±$31,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: $128,100 ±$9,437
  • about half the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597

7.7% ±4.3% (351  ±195.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 10.5% † 3,849 (±2.2% / ±800.9)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)

Social

75.6% ±12.3% (2,284  ±462.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 82.1% 19,778 (±4.4% / ±1,069.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
16.3% ±7.5% (492  ±233) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 19.5% † 4,706 (±2.4% / ±573.7)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)

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

17.2% ±7.3% (788  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 10% † 3,689 (±1.5% / ±555)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)

9.8% ±5.5% (345  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bay City, TX Micro Area: 9.6% † 2,599 (±1.7% / ±472)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
345 Total veterans ±197 345 Male ±197 N/A Female ±14

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