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16,488 Population
340.5 square miles 48.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 41.4 ±1.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,161 ±$3,825 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $44,362 ±$4,250
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$77,039 ±$8,517 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $79,959 † ±$8,800
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

9.1% ±3.3% (1,471  ±531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 7.7% † 1,503 (±2.7% / ±531)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

19.6 minutes ±2.5 (149,265  ±22,976) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 19.4 † 178,195 (±2.1 / ±22,261)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

7,140 ±493 Number of households
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8,670 ±462
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.3 ±0.2 (16,208  ±591) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 2.3 19,563 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

10.9% ±8.4% (366  ±285) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 11.8% † 481 (±6.7% / ±273)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

8,307 ±435 Number of housing units
  • the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 10,833 ±330
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$156,200 ±$19,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: $171,200 ±$15,765
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

8.9% ±3.2% (1,448  ±529.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 9.9% † 1,933 (±3.4% / ±662.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

83% ±6.5% (9,262  ±827.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 85.4% 11,818 (±6.8% / ±950.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
20% ±3% (2,232  ±350.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 20.1% † 2,777 (±2.8% / ±393.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

10.2% ±1.8% (1,682  ±302) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 9.2% 1,834
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

8.2% ±1.7% (1,028  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Port Lavaca, TX Micro Area: 8.6% † 1,314 (±1.6% / ±244)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
1,028 Total veterans ±219 939 Male ±212 89 Female ±68

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