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Port Lavaca, TX

11,410 Population
10.2 square miles 1,124.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 39.9 ±2.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,571 ±$3,769 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $38,539 ±$2,648
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$65,395 ±$9,209 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $71,870 † ±$10,785
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

11.4% ±3.9% (1,271  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8.7% † 1,717 (±2.4% / ±468)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

16.8 minutes ±2 (85,320  ±12,064) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 18.3 168,895 (±1.4 / ±14,761)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

4,658 ±258 Number of households
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8,398 ±296
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.1 (11,129  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 2.3 19,597 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

7.2% ±5.9% (157  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 6.4% † 261 (±4% / ±164)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

5,056 ±272 Number of housing units
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 10,743 ±46
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$121,000 ±$13,500 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $150,000 † ±$28,015
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

6.6% ±3.2% (743  ±361.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8.5% † 1,668 (±3% / ±583.9)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

77.1% ±7.7% (5,867  ±660.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 82.5% 11,490 (±6.1% / ±911.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
13.8% ±2.6% (1,052  ±203.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 16.9% † 2,354 (±2.7% / ±383)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

14.3% ±2.1% (1,627  ±235) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 10.1% 2,013
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.9% ±1.8% (670  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8.5% † 1,296 (±1.4% / ±216)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
670 Total veterans ±155 614 Male ±153 56 Female ±47

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