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Palestine, TX

18,532 Population
19.4 square miles 954.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 39.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$21,082 ±$1,813 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $20,543 † ±$2,208
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$41,730 ±$8,178 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $49,736 ±$4,060
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

18.8% ±4.3% (3,423  ±786) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 15.3% † 6,938 (±2.4% / ±1,100)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

19.1 minutes ±2.8 (153,765  ±26,070) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 23.1 423,990 (±1.8 / ±43,754)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

6,673 ±526 Number of households
  • the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 16,477 ±560
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.7 ±0.2 (18,222  ±107) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 2.8 45,286 (±0.1 / ±1,080)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

4.6% ±2.5% (208  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 4.4% † 418 (±1.5% / ±144)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

7,510 ±516 Number of housing units
  • the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 20,125 ±398
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$110,300 ±$13,937 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: $119,700 † ±$12,877
  • about half the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

15.7% ±4.3% (2,863  ±777.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 17.2% † 9,909 (±2% / ±1,130)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

83.5% ±7% (10,250  ±958.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 82.1% 34,909 (±3.5% / ±1,490.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
14.4% ±3.2% (1,763  ±399.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 12% † 5,095 (±1.5% / ±617.3)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

7.1% ±2.8% (1,317  ±525) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 6% † 3,503 (±1.1% / ±632)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

6.1% ±1.4% (843  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Palestine, TX Micro Area: 7.7% † 3,619 (±1% / ±446)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
843 Total veterans ±197 807 Male ±196 36 Female ±58

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