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Prairie Lea Independent School District, TX

1,679 Population
36.4 square miles 46.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±12.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Caldwell County: 38.4 ±0.5
  • 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

$30,727 ±$6,105 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Caldwell County: $31,050 ±$1,748
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,827 ±$39,477 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Caldwell County: $69,758 ±$5,400
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±15.2% (375  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Caldwell County: 13.2% † 6,133 (±2.5% / ±1,164)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.3 minutes ±6.6 (26,410  ±11,593) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Caldwell County: 34.3 664,930 (±1.5 / ±40,253)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

567 ±172 Number of households
  • Caldwell County: 16,647 ±240
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (1,679  ±532) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Caldwell County: 2.7 45,552 (±0 / ±199)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±7.2% (18  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Caldwell County: 5.1% † 599 (±1.8% / ±211)
  • 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

623 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Caldwell County: 17,582 ±75
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$202,500 ±$54,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Caldwell County: $240,500 ±$10,665
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±11% (214  ±193.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 12.2% † 5,891 (±2% / ±959.8)
  • 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

87.4% ±31.5% (876  ±201.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Caldwell County: 82% 26,731 (±3.8% / ±1,238.9)
  • about the same as 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)
15.8% ±6.5% (158  ±78.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Caldwell County: 19.3% † 6,304 (±1.9% / ±630)
  • 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

5.9% ±5.6% (99  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Caldwell County: 12.9% 6,257
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±4.5% (84  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Caldwell County: 7% † 2,612 (±0.9% / ±320)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
84 Total veterans ±63 84 Male ±63 N/A Female ±15

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