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Palestine Independent School District, TX

21,291 Population
219.2 square miles 97.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Anderson County: 39.5 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,379 ±$3,218 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Anderson County: $25,793 ±$1,965
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$56,502 ±$6,276 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Anderson County: $58,846 ±$4,186
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

16.3% ±4.3% (3,424  ±931) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Anderson County: 17.1% † 7,975 (±2.7% / ±1,247)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.1 minutes ±2.8 (195,240  ±31,591) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Anderson County: 24.6 474,125 (±1.7 / ±37,136)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

7,982 ±506 Number of households
  • Anderson County: 17,142 ±421
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.6 ±0.2 (20,930  ±1,263) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Anderson County: 2.7 46,664 (±0.1 / ±193)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4.8% ±2% (218  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Anderson County: 3.9% † 373 (±1.3% / ±122)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

9,264 ±487 Number of housing units
  • Anderson County: 20,474 ±76
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$173,400 ±$17,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Anderson County: $173,400 ±$11,600
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

17.7% ±4.6% (3,720  ±982.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Anderson County: 16.1% † 9,244 (±2.1% / ±1,209.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

90.7% ±5.7% (13,020  ±1,111.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Anderson County: 86% 35,898 (±3.7% / ±1,579.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
22.1% ±3.3% (3,172  ±507) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Anderson County: 14.5% 6,069 (±1.4% / ±591.2)
  • about two-thirds of 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

8.1% ±2.8% (1,733  ±604) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Anderson County: 6.5% 3,770
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8% ±2% (1,267  ±321) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Anderson County: 7.8% † 3,644 (±0.9% / ±429)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,267 Total veterans ±321 1,184 Male ±304 83 Female ±68

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