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Wheeler, TX

1,401 Population
1.5 square miles 915.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wheeler County: 40.6 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,511 ±$4,372 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wheeler County: $30,869 ±$2,840
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$56,000 ±$16,523 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wheeler County: $67,964 † ±$10,116
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

18.5% ±11.1% (247  ±155) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wheeler County: 14.2% † 683 (±5.2% / ±249)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

19.1 minutes ±3.8 (11,140  ±3,419) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wheeler County: 22.6 † 49,680 (±2.9 / ±7,402)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

474 ±92 Number of households
  • Wheeler County: 1,849 ±113
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.8 ±0.8 (1,339  ±240) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wheeler County: 2.6 4,818 (±0.2 / ±30)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

1.8% ±2.8% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Wheeler County: 1% † 11 (±1.1% / ±12)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

612 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Wheeler County: 2,595 ±27
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$130,000 ±$90,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wheeler County: $97,600 † ±$19,411
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

15.2% ±10.2% (212  ±146.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wheeler County: 9.7% † 474 (±3.5% / ±170.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

79.5% ±7.6% (712  ±142) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wheeler County: 87.6% 2,955 (±6.9% / ±253.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
14.7% ±6.8% (132  ±65) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wheeler County: 19.5% † 658 (±3.5% / ±121.1)
  • about half 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

9.9% ±5.5% (139  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wheeler County: 8.7% 426
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.1% ±2.7% (41  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wheeler County: 4.7% † 173 (±1.5% / ±56)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
41 Total veterans ±28 41 Male ±28 N/A Female ±15

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