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Plainview, TX

19,711 Population
13.9 square miles 1,418.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 34.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,009 ±$2,255 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: $27,051 ±$1,953
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,768 ±$3,154 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: $52,707 ±$3,987
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24% ±4.3% (4,603  ±819) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 20.2% † 7,119 (±2.6% / ±934)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±2 (153,835  ±19,060) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 19.4 296,295 (±1.4 / ±23,998)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,161 ±307 Number of households
  • the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 12,976 ±303
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (19,134  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 2.7 35,297 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.6% ±4.4% (509  ±214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 12.8% † 1,031 (±3.7% / ±294)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,533 ±294 Number of housing units
  • the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 15,984 ±61
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,000 ±$12,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: $109,000 ±$9,637
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.7% ±5.1% (4,236  ±1,005.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 17.7% † 6,512 (±3% / ±1,106.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

73.5% ±6% (8,679  ±750.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 74.7% 17,625 (±4% / ±956.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±2.6% (1,801  ±310.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 15.3% † 3,601 (±1.7% / ±391)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.9% ±2% (1,758  ±386) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 9.4% 3,525
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.3% (642  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Plainview, TX Micro Area: 4.3% † 1,175 (±0.8% / ±231)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
642 Total veterans ±180 629 Male ±180 13 Female ±23

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