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79720

29,936 Population
986 square miles 30.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 36.7 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,930 ±$2,122 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: $34,939 ±$1,970
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$68,785 ±$3,598 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: $69,649 ±$3,878
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

14.6% ±2.1% (3,943  ±563) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 13.8% † 4,006 (±2% / ±570)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

21.8 minutes ±1.9 (263,610  ±25,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 21.8 280,685 (±1.7 / ±25,256)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

11,578 ±344 Number of households
  • the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 12,191 ±351
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.3 ±0.1 (27,088  ±670) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 2.4 29,090 (±0.1 / ±440)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

9.6% ±2.7% (611  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 9.5% † 643 (±2.7% / ±182)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

13,360 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 14,048 ±202
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$152,500 ±$10,469 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: $155,600 ±$8,624
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

12.9% ±2.2% (3,837  ±668.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 12.7% † 4,057 (±2.1% / ±676)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

81.2% ±4.1% (16,812  ±886.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 81.1% 17,947 (±4% / ±895.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
15.7% ±1.8% (3,246  ±378.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 15.7% † 3,472 (±1.7% / ±384.2)
  • about half 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

9.7% ±1.9% (2,909  ±581) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 9.8% 3,173
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

5.7% ±1% (1,348  ±223) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,462 (±0.9% / ±227)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
1,348 Total veterans ±223 1,168 Male ±181 180 Female ±124

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