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Palestine, TX

18,741 Population
19.4 square miles 964.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 39.3 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,235 ±$1,890 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $23,548 ±$1,779
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$43,759 ±$6,905 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $57,445 ±$4,562
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

18.1% ±5% (3,321  ±917) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 15.6% † 7,117 (±2.5% / ±1,114)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

20.5 minutes ±2.7 (167,420  ±26,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 23.2 442,580 (±1.6 / ±37,752)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

7,028 ±485 Number of households
  • the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 16,899 ±459
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.6 ±0.2 (18,344  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 2.7 45,458 (±0.1 / ±178)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

6% ±3.7% (277  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 4.9% † 458 (±2% / ±189)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

7,832 ±460 Number of housing units
  • the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 20,287 ±71
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$125,600 ±$17,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $154,600 ±$11,893
  • about half the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

15.3% ±3.9% (2,803  ±,716.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 16.5% † 9,476 (±2.2% / ±1,238.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

89.6% ±7.1% (10,765  ±,967.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 84.8% 35,975 (±3.6% / ±1,545.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
15.8% ±3% (1,897  ±,364.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 13.1% † 5,564 (±1.4% / ±,599.6)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

7.3% ±2.8% (1,367  ±530) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 5.8% 3,394
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

6% ±1.7% (823  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 7.8% † 3,643 (±1.1% / ±498)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
823 Total veterans ±231 798 Male ±220 25 Female ±41

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