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Abilene, TX Metro Area

181,969 Population
2,743.5 square miles 66.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,040 ±$1,969 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,390 ±$7,471 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.6% ±2.8% (26,640  ±4,733) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.5 minutes ±1.9 (1,622,270  ±169,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

66,099 ±2,045 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (169,817  ±3,178) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.9% ±2.5% (3,431  ±1,097) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

76,934 ±1,156 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$190,500 ±$16,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.1% ±2% (25,326  ±3,653.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.2% ±3.7% (103,473  ±4,805.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.8% ±2% (30,727  ±2,437.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% ±0.9% (7,782  ±1,659) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.8% ±1.4% (11,812  ±1,868) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,812 Total veterans ±1,868 10,290 Male ±1,667 1,522 Female ±564

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