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Palestine, TX

19,136 Population
19.5 square miles 983.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,699 ±$4,251 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $27,075 ±$1,987
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$44,981 ±$8,687 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $62,068 ±$4,521
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

17.6% ±4.4% (3,283  ±815) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 17.4% † 8,373 (±2.5% / ±1,207)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

20.7 minutes ±2.8 (164,880  ±26,825) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 24.1 475,075 (±2.3 / ±49,674)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

6,734 ±622 Number of households
  • the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 17,579 ±486
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.8 ±0.3 (18,629  ±42) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 2.7 48,070 (±0.1 / ±210)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.3% ±2.9% (232  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 3.8% † 366 (±1.5% / ±147)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

7,743 ±572 Number of housing units
  • the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 20,648 ±119
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$166,000 ±$15,360 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $185,300 † ±$20,101
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

18.7% ±4.6% (3,520  ±871.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 15.4% † 8,916 (±2.1% / ±1,231.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

87.9% ±7.5% (11,161  ±1,037.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 85.6% 36,206 (±3.9% / ±1,676.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
16.7% ±3.2% (2,113  ±412) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 15.4% † 6,511 (±1.9% / ±781.2)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

9.2% ±2.9% (1,758  ±552) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 6.5% 3,789
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

6.7% ±1.8% (956  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 7.3% † 3,421 (±1.3% / ±593)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
956 Total veterans ±266 904 Male ±248 52 Female ±63

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