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Wharton, TX Urban Area

8,676 Population
4.7 square miles 1,862.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,994 ±$3,578 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,692 ±$7,943 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.6% ±4.2% (959  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±3.2 (93,685  ±17,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,422 ±349 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (8,300  ±269) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.5% ±6.5% (217  ±128) 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

3,901 ±350 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,400 ±$32,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.5% ±6.3% (1,498  ±538.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±8.5% (4,598  ±587.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±4.2% (890  ±239.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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% ±4.1% (880  ±355) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.8% (552  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
552 Total veterans ±186 498 Male ±155 54 Female ±72

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