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Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area

19,868 Population
506.9 square miles 39.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,362 ±$4,250 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,959 ±$8,800 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.7% ±2.7% (1,503  ±531) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±2.1 (178,195  ±22,261) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,670 ±462 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (19,563  ±10) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.8% ±6.7% (481  ±273) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,833 ±330 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,200 ±$15,765 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3.4% (1,933  ±662.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±6.8% (11,818  ±950.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±2.8% (2,777  ±393.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-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

9.2% (1,834  ±315) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±1.6% (1,314  ±244) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,314 Total veterans ±244 1,225 Male ±239 89 Female ±68

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