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Port Lavaca, TX

11,358 Population
10.2 square miles 1,119 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 41.4 ±1.9
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,029 ±$5,561 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $44,362 ±$4,250
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,123 ±$12,068 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $79,959 † ±$8,800
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.2% ±4.9% (1,135  ±541) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 7.7% † 1,503 (±2.7% / ±531)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±3.1 (96,355  ±17,977) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 19.4 † 178,195 (±2.1 / ±22,261)
  • 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

4,977 ±419 Number of households
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8,670 ±462
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (11,078  ±286) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 2.3 19,563 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.4% ±12.1% (340  ±255) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 11.8% † 481 (±6.7% / ±273)
  • more than 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

5,394 ±380 Number of housing units
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 10,833 ±330
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,200 ±$31,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $171,200 ±$15,765
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±4% (1,150  ±446.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 9.9% † 1,933 (±3.4% / ±662.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.5% ±8% (5,805  ±645.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 85.4% 11,818 (±6.8% / ±950.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±3.4% (1,454  ±260.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 20.1% † 2,777 (±2.8% / ±393.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half 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

13.3% ±2.4% (1,514  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 9.2% 1,834
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.3% (736  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8.6% † 1,314 (±1.6% / ±244)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
736 Total veterans ±203 655 Male ±193 81 Female ±66

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