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Wharton, TX

8,724 Population
8.3 square miles 1,050 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 38.1 ±0.6
  • 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

$27,660 ±$3,520 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: $34,628 ±$2,370
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,212 ±$8,485 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: $66,924 ±$3,866
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±4.2% (985  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 13.6% † 5,589 (±2.5% / ±1,027)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±3.2 (94,025  ±17,181) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 25.7 454,730 (±1.8 / ±36,667)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,403 ±338 Number of households
  • the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 15,890 ±353
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,261  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 2.6 41,020 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.6% ±6.4% (235  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 8% † 742 (±2.3% / ±214)
  • 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

3,885 ±338 Number of housing units
  • the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 17,711 ±54
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,400 ±$34,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: $189,900 ±$12,396
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.1% ±6.3% (1,552  ±538.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 10.6% † 4,363 (±2% / ±834.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±8.9% (4,641  ±589.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 85.5% 23,382 (±4.3% / ±1,194.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±4.2% (835  ±239.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 20.7% † 5,667 (±2.2% / ±599.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths of 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

10.1% ±4% (877  ±352) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 8.5% 3,563
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.8% (567  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the El Campo, TX Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,767 (±0.9% / ±267)
  • 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)
567 Total veterans ±190 513 Male ±159 54 Female ±72

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