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Palestine Independent School District, TX

21,483 Population
219.2 square miles 98 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Anderson County: 39.7 ±0.4
  • 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

$32,872 ±$4,104 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Anderson County: $27,075 ±$1,987
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,908 ±$8,775 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Anderson County: $62,068 ±$4,521
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±4.6% (3,432  ±995) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Anderson County: 17.4% † 8,373 (±2.5% / ±1,207)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±5.1 (204,745  ±49,941) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Anderson County: 24.1 475,075 (±2.3 / ±49,674)
  • 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

7,785 ±740 Number of households
  • Anderson County: 17,579 ±486
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (21,044  ±1,348) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Anderson County: 2.7 48,070 (±0.1 / ±210)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±2.9% (231  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Anderson County: 3.8% † 366 (±1.5% / ±147)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,158 ±725 Number of housing units
  • Anderson County: 20,648 ±119
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,200 ±$21,987 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Anderson County: $185,300 † ±$20,101
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.3% ±4.1% (3,666  ±889.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Anderson County: 15.4% † 8,916 (±2.1% / ±1,231.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.6% ±5.6% (13,147  ±1,164.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Anderson County: 85.6% 36,206 (±3.9% / ±1,676.4)
  • 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)
23.9% ±4.3% (3,509  ±667.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Anderson County: 15.4% † 6,511 (±1.9% / ±781.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

8% ±2.6% (1,724  ±568) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Anderson County: 6.5% 3,789
  • 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

8.5% ±3.1% (1,392  ±521) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Anderson County: 7.3% † 3,421 (±1.3% / ±593)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,392 Total veterans ±521 1,313 Male ±476 79 Female ±68

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