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Port Lavaca, TX

11,545 Population
10.2 square miles 1,137.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 38.4 ±1.7
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,106 ±$3,471 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $33,754 ±$2,663
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$58,871 ±$4,117 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $62,267 ±$6,177
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

10.4% ±3.6% (1,172  ±410) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 9.2% † 1,826 (±2.2% / ±438)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

15.8 minutes ±1.6 (82,410  ±10,701) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 18 169,445 (±1.4 / ±16,461)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

4,345 ±307 Number of households
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8,045 ±377
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.6 ±0.2 (11,256  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 2.5 19,782 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

5.1% ±4% (128  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 4.5% † 187 (±2.6% / ±110)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

4,915 ±269 Number of housing units
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 10,696 ±30
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$114,700 ±$8,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $128,200 † ±$15,154
  • about half the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

10.3% ±3.7% (1,178  ±,417.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 10.8% † 2,142 (±3.2% / ±,637.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

81% ±7.3% (5,913  ±,595.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 84.3% 11,486 (±5.9% / ±834)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
14.9% ±3.6% (1,091  ±,264.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 16.2% † 2,207 (±2.8% / ±,382.4)
  • 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

13.5% ±3.3% (1,559  ±380) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 10.7% 2,146
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

7.8% ±2% (659  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8.3% † 1,281 (±1.5% / ±232)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
659 Total veterans ±170 565 Male ±158 94 Female ±71

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