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79720

30,432 Population
986 square miles 30.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 37 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$35,573 ±$2,213 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: $34,587 ±$2,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$71,194 ±$3,700 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: $71,457 ±$3,000
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

15.3% ±2.4% (4,169  ±662) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 15.1% † 4,445 (±2.4% / ±697)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

20.4 minutes ±1.8 (250,100  ±25,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 20.4 266,430 (±1.7 / ±25,085)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

11,328 ±336 Number of households
  • the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 11,927 ±318
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.4 ±0.1 (27,264  ±669) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 2.5 29,493 (±0.1 / ±377)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

8.9% ±3% (565  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 8.7% † 597 (±2.9% / ±197)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

13,309 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 13,999 ±135
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$146,500 ±$13,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: $150,300 ±$12,878
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

12.7% ±2.3% (3,838  ±706.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 12.4% † 4,082 (±2.1% / ±684.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

81.9% ±4.2% (17,397  ±928.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 81.2% 18,489 (±4.1% / ±941.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
15.8% ±1.9% (3,347  ±414.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 15.3% † 3,492 (±1.8% / ±416.5)
  • about half 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

10% ±1.7% (3,048  ±509) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 10.6% 3,495
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6% ±0.9% (1,439  ±215) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Big Spring, TX Micro Area: 6.1% † 1,557 (±0.8% / ±214)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,439 Total veterans ±215 1,204 Male ±180 235 Female ±126

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