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Merkel Independent School District, TX

6,268 Population
277.3 square miles 22.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Taylor County: 33.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,878 ±$12,082 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Taylor County: $34,253 ±$1,179
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,393 ±$10,144 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Taylor County: $67,139 ±$3,057
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±6.5% (831  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 14.7% 20,529 (±1.3% / ±1,877)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±4.8 (68,390  ±16,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Taylor County: 17.1 1,112,060 (±0.6 / ±47,571)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,192 ±209 Number of households
  • Taylor County: 54,934 ±776
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (6,217  ±721) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Taylor County: 2.5 138,997 (±0 / ±101)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±3.1% (55  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Taylor County: 5.5% † 2,007 (±1% / ±354)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,605 ±249 Number of housing units
  • Taylor County: 62,198 ±284
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,300 ±$29,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Taylor County: $198,600 ±$8,142
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±8% (800  ±503.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 16.3% 23,452 (±1.3% / ±1,899.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±4% (3,579  ±356.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Taylor County: 90% 80,730 (±2.5% / ±2,218.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.6% ±3.3% (503  ±138) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Taylor County: 29.3% 26,251 (±1.5% / ±1,306.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third 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

3.5% ±2% (217  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Taylor County: 6.7% 9,837
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2% (325  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 9% 9,459 (±0.8% / ±859)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
325 Total veterans ±99 292 Male ±82 33 Female ±35

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