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Chisum Independent School District, TX

5,500 Population
289.8 square miles 19 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lamar County: 39.7 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,307 ±$7,996 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lamar County: $33,256 ±$1,731
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,000 ±$31,854 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lamar County: $61,880 ±$4,398
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±7.5% (873  ±429) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lamar County: 19% † 9,460 (±2.3% / ±1,138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.1 minutes ±5 (63,910  ±20,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lamar County: 19.4 398,040 (±1.5 / ±35,399)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,300 ±323 Number of households
  • Lamar County: 20,019 ±451
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (5,500  ±725) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lamar County: 2.5 49,938 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,650 ±351 Number of housing units
  • Lamar County: 22,824 ±43
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$218,300 ±$31,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lamar County: $200,700 ±$15,488
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±4.4% (401  ±248.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 13% † 6,542 (±2.1% / ±1,045.4)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±5.9% (3,272  ±492.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lamar County: 88.6% 30,541 (±3.7% / ±1,265.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±4.6% (748  ±202.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lamar County: 21.6% 7,439 (±1.9% / ±655.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • 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

8.8% ±4.9% (481  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Lamar County: 4.5% 2,279
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.8% ±4.2% (446  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lamar County: 7.2% † 2,760 (±1.2% / ±466)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
446 Total veterans ±200 446 Male ±200 N/A Female ±21

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