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Palmer Independent School District, TX

6,295 Population
54.7 square miles 115 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ellis County: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,514 ±$4,786 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ellis County: $40,925 ±$1,274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$106,652 ±$16,738 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ellis County: $99,595 ±$3,164
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±7.5% (706  ±485) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ellis County: 6.9% † 14,539 (±1% / ±2,156)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.5 minutes ±3.2 (85,700  ±17,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ellis County: 30.3 2,773,905 (±0.8 / ±97,686)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,989 ±199 Number of households
  • Ellis County: 71,759 ±597
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.3 (6,295  ±919) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ellis County: 2.9 211,074 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±1.8% (28  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ellis County: 6.6% † 3,411 (±1.1% / ±551)
  • about one-third 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

2,093 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Ellis County: 75,422 ±218
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$269,700 ±$24,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ellis County: $348,600 ±$5,457
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±10.7% (928  ±687.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ellis County: 11.4% † 24,021 (±1.2% / ±2,502.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.8% ±13.6% (3,298  ±365) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ellis County: 88.2% 121,756 (±2.2% / ±2,987.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±3.2% (698  ±154.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ellis County: 30.1% 41,546 (±1.3% / ±1,808.4)
  • about half 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

9.4% ±4.5% (591  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ellis County: 8.5% 18,153
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±3.3% (159  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Ellis County: 6.7% 10,529 (±0.6% / ±919)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
159 Total veterans ±147 142 Male ±125 17 Female ±24

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