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Wells Independent School District, TX

1,519 Population
101.6 square miles 15 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±15.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 38.2 ±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

$29,485 ±$6,172 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $28,734 ±$1,855
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,250 ±$34,566 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $61,261 ±$4,398
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.7% ±9.7% (275  ±158) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 18.2% † 8,839 (±2.6% / ±1,245)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.6 minutes ±19.9 (21,485  ±14,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Cherokee County: 26.9 473,065 (±1.7 / ±37,958)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

637 ±139 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 18,185 ±453
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,472  ±364) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.7 48,688 (±0.1 / ±119)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.9% ±14% (41  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 9.1% † 985 (±2.1% / ±231)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

792 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 21,053 ±68
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,900 ±$80,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Cherokee County: $169,300 ±$11,608
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.3% ±3.4% (64  ±52.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 11.4% † 5,860 (±2.2% / ±1,124.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±27.2% (864  ±188.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 82% 28,431 (±3.4% / ±1,177.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±10.3% (176  ±112.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.9% 6,568 (±1.7% / ±594.9)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.5% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 9.4% 4,869
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.5% ±4.2% (126  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 2,779 (±0.9% / ±352)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
126 Total veterans ±59 121 Male ±59 5 Female ±8

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