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Buna Independent School District, TX

7,823 Population
219.1 square miles 35.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jasper County: 42.8 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,214 ±$12,875 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jasper County: $32,535 † ±$3,444
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,048 ±$27,372 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jasper County: $56,723 † ±$6,933
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23% ±5.8% (1,794  ±499) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 20.7% † 6,520 (±3% / ±943)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.5 minutes ±4.8 (85,960  ±21,032) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jasper County: 27.7 313,330 (±2.3 / ±32,655)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,149 ±372 Number of households
  • Jasper County: 13,845 ±362
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (7,811  ±901) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jasper County: 2.3 31,542 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±2.7% (42  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Jasper County: 5% † 335 (±1.7% / ±118)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,502 ±385 Number of housing units
  • Jasper County: 16,727 ±66
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$112,200 ±$23,511 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jasper County: $136,400 ±$12,961
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±2.9% (510  ±230.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jasper County: 10.4% † 3,386 (±2.1% / ±673.8)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±14% (4,463  ±510.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jasper County: 89.5% 20,309 (±4.3% / ±981.5)
  • 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)
15.3% ±3.6% (805  ±213.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 14% † 3,183 (±1.9% / ±428.9)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1.2% ±1.3% (93  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jasper County: 2.3% 748
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.2% (354  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jasper County: 7.2% † 1,812 (±1.2% / ±294)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
354 Total veterans ±134 342 Male ±128 12 Female ±21

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