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West Oso Independent School District, TX

8,181 Population
44.3 square miles 184.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Nueces County: 37.2 ±0.3
  • 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

$19,373 ±$2,290 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nueces County: $34,626 ±$705
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,735 ±$12,339 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Nueces County: $66,897 ±$1,922
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.2% ±10.1% (2,253  ±790) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Nueces County: 17.4% 60,147 (±1.1% / ±3,675)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±2.7 (56,025  ±12,713) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nueces County: 21.7 3,278,615 (±0.6 / ±104,050)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,418 ±349 Number of households
  • Nueces County: 131,160 ±1,287
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (6,941  ±1,084) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nueces County: 2.6 344,476 (±0 / ±108)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±4% (108  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nueces County: 5.5% † 4,610 (±0.8% / ±647)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,810 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Nueces County: 154,408 ±72
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,600 ±$12,841 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Nueces County: $208,800 ±$4,087
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.4% ±2.3% (1,395  ±258.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nueces County: 14.5% 50,472 (±1% / ±3,353.8)
  • 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

72.6% ±13.3% (4,112  ±509) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nueces County: 85.3% 200,263 (±1.6% / ±3,686)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.4% ±2.3% (365  ±140.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Nueces County: 23.8% 55,883 (±0.8% / ±1,905.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

5.4% ±2.4% (438  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nueces County: 8.4% 29,675
  • 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

8.5% ±3.5% (553  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Nueces County: 8.6% 22,969 (±0.4% / ±1,155)
  • 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)
553 Total veterans ±236 482 Male ±227 71 Female ±59

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