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Lamesa, TX Urban Area

8,553 Population
4.3 square miles 1,968.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,380 ±$2,765 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$50,410 ±$9,103 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.5% ±5% (1,740  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.3 minutes ±3.1 (83,200  ±12,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,468 ±179 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (8,467  ±103) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

15.1% ±5.9% (287  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,985 ±109 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$86,400 ±$4,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

24.5% ±7.2% (2,069  ±604.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

74.6% ±6.9% (3,936  ±387.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.3% ±3.3% (808  ±176.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

4.5% ±1.4% (384  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4% ±1.5% (250  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
250 Total veterans ±94 237 Male ±93 13 Female ±17

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