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Refugio, TX

2,729 Population
1.6 square miles 1,734.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Refugio County: 43.9 ±1.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$20,552 ±$3,745 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Refugio County: $26,972 ±$2,273
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$56,193 ±$17,004 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Refugio County: $58,016 ±$3,412
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

30.1% ±10% (790  ±264) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Refugio County: 17.3% † 1,128 (±4.2% / ±276)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

18.6 minutes ±5 (18,595  ±5,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Refugio County: 23.2 † 58,920 (±2.6 / ±8,023)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

855 ±108 Number of households
  • Refugio County: 2,372 ±132
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.1 ±0.4 (2,632  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Refugio County: 2.8 6,542 (±0.2 / ±5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

9.9% ±8.7% (69  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Refugio County: 5.9% † 85 (±4.7% / ±68)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,133 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Refugio County: 3,328 ±16
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$85,000 ±$4,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Refugio County: $94,400 † ±$10,600
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

19.4% ±8.8% (528  ±238.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Refugio County: 13.8% † 921 (±4.3% / ±288)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

82.3% ±10.7% (1,379  ±209.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Refugio County: 82.7% 3,886 (±6.7% / ±325.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
14.5% ±5.4% (242  ±92.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Refugio County: 13.8% † 649 (±2.9% / ±139)
  • 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

3.1% ±2.3% (85  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Refugio County: 2.3% 152
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

7.3% ±3% (139  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Refugio County: 9.1% † 474 (±2.1% / ±111)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
139 Total veterans ±58 132 Male ±58 7 Female ±12

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