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79601

26,917 Population
263 square miles 102.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$21,005 ±$1,942 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $32,292 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$54,515 ±$4,637 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $66,464 ±$2,039
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

23.6% ±4.1% (4,361  ±814) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 13.2% 21,841 (±0.9% / ±1,545)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

13.9 minutes ±0.3 (130,405  ±13,566) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 17.9 1,375,430 (±0.4 / ±44,210)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

7,817 ±497 Number of households
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 65,655 ±636
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0 (18,392  ±1,212) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 2.5 165,313 (±0 / ±182)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.1% ±1.9% (213  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,399 (±0.9% / ±387)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

9,422 ±487 Number of housing units
  • the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 75,164 ±96
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$182,900 ±$20,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: $172,800 ±$5,101
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

28% ±3.1% (7,476  ±907.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 17.4% 30,679 (±1.3% / ±2,367.7)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

83.7% ±3.9% (13,192  ±933.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 89.5% 101,335 (±2.2% / ±2,442)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
21% ±3.1% (3,307  ±513.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 26.2% 29,697 (±1.3% / ±1,437.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

7.4% ±1.8% (1,990  ±490) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 10,799
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

5.9% ±1.3% (1,330  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Abilene, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 11,579 (±0.6% / ±756)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,330 Total veterans ±290 1,268 Male ±281 62 Female ±40

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