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Wharton, TX

8,671 Population
8.2 square miles 1,051.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 38.4 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$23,676 ±$2,812 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: $32,579 † ±$3,329
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$47,692 ±$9,611 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: $66,100 ±$3,893
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

21.2% ±6.5% (1,755  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 14.5% † 5,927 (±2.4% / ±968)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

23.7 minutes ±3.7 (87,380  ±16,748) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 25.3 428,890 (±1.6 / ±32,940)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

3,336 ±284 Number of households
  • the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 15,422 ±435
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.2 (8,273  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 2.7 40,957 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.7% ±4% (128  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 7.1% † 648 (±2.2% / ±202)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

3,861 ±342 Number of housing units
  • the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 17,546 ±33
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$149,300 ±$31,841 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: $182,700 ±$11,442
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

14.7% ±4.5% (1,272  ±389) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 10.4% † 4,298 (±2.1% / ±858.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

78.5% ±8.4% (4,473  ±546.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 83.9% 23,150 (±4.2% / ±1,171.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
13.7% ±4.3% (780  ±247.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 19.2% † 5,302 (±2% / ±562.4)
  • 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

8.6% ±3.2% (745  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 8.4% 3,490
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

9% ±3.3% (601  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,941 (±1.1% / ±337)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
601 Total veterans ±221 557 Male ±191 44 Female ±78

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