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Population in July 2007: 3,903. Population change since 2000: +3.1%
 

Males: 1,844  (47.3%)
Females: 2,059  (52.7%)
Median resident age:  38.4 years
Texas median age:  32.3 years

Zip codes: 76448.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $32,564 (it was $28,277 in 2000)
Eastland:  $32,564
Texas:  $47,548

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $62,685 (it was $41,700 in 2000)
Eastland:  $62,685
Texas:  $120,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $88,373; Detached houses: $78,883; Townhouses or other attached units: $348,783; In 3 to 4-unit structures: $356,481; Mobile homes: $90,202; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000
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Races in Eastland:

  • White Non-Hispanic (84.3%)
  • Hispanic (12.9%)
  • Other race (4.7%)
  • Black (1.8%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Eastland: 74.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (14.9%), Irish (11.7%), English (8.4%), German (6.8%), French (2.6%), Scottish (1.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 2.83 square miles.

Population density: 1381 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Eastland

  • High school or higher: 70.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
  • Unemployed: 4.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Eastland city

  • Never married: 15.6%
  • Now married: 64.8%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 7.7%
  • Divorced: 10.3%

274 residents are foreign born (7.3% Latin America).

This city:  7.3%
Texas:  13.9%



According to our research there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Eastland, Texas in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Eastland to the number of sex offenders is 434 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Eastland:  1.2% ($481)
Texas:  1.8% ($1,393)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Abilene, TX (63.6 miles , pop. 115,930).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Fort Worth, TX (104.9 miles , pop. 534,694).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (142.5 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Carbon, TX (8.9 miles ), Cisco, TX (11.0 miles ), Ranger, TX (11.1 miles ), Gorman, TX (16.5 miles ), Rising Star, TX (23.2 miles ), Strawn, TX (24.6 miles ), Breckenridge, TX (25.4 miles ), Putnam, TX (25.7 miles) .

Latitude: 32.40 N, Longitude: 98.82 W

Area code: 254

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Population change in the 1990s: -7 (-0.2%).


Historical population


Historical housing units



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (21%)
  • Metal and metal products (15%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Health care (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (22%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
  • Personal and laundry services (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


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Crime in Eastland by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 120010
    per 100,000 25.950.80.00.025.70.0
Robberies 110002
    per 100,000 25.925.40.00.00.051.0
Assaults 7108462
    per 100,000 181.6254.0208.7103.5154.151.0
Burglaries 6527252815
    per 100,000 155.6127.0704.2647.2719.1382.6
Thefts 16011913213197113
    per 100,000 4150.53022.63442.93391.12491.02881.9
Auto thefts 8118886
    per 100,000 207.5279.4208.7207.1205.4153.0
Arson 002001
    per 100,000 0.00.052.20.00.025.5
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 258.4251.2245.4218.2217.8179.8

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 11 (9 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.31
US city average:  3.00

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Eastland-area historical tornado activity is near Texas state average. It is 81% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1976, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 40.7 miles away from the Eastland city center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/21/1979, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 11.8 miles away from the city center .


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Birthplace of: Hayden Fry - (born 1929), college football coach.


Hospital/medical center in Eastland:
  • EASTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (304 S DAUGHERTY BOX 897)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Eastland:
  • DELEON HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; DE LEON, TX)
  • COMANCHE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 37 miles; COMANCHE, TX)
  • BROWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 45 miles; BROWNWOOD, TX)

Political contributions by individuals in Eastland, TX

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Eastland:
  • ABILENE REGIONAL (about 59 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: ABI)
  • DYESS AFB (about 72 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
  • FORT WORTH NAS JRB/CARSWELL FIELD (about 100 miles; FORT WORTH, TX; ID: NFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Eastland:
  • EASTLAND MUNI (about 2 miles; EASTLAND, TX; ID: ETN)
  • RANGER MUNI (about 12 miles; RANGER, TX; ID: F23)
  • CISCO MUNI (about 13 miles; CISCO, TX; ID: 3F2)

Local government website: WWW.EASTLAND.NET

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Eastland:
  • TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; STEPHENVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,068)
  • ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
  • HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; Abilene, TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
  • MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 103 miles; WICHITA FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
  • TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 106 miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
  • TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 109 miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
  • SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 109 miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
Public high school in Eastland:
Public elementary/middle schools in Eastland:
  • SIEBERT Elementary (Students: 577; Location: 1100 W SADOSA; Grades: EE-5; Our rating: 72)
  • EASTLAND MIDDLE (Students: 245; Location: 900 W PLUMMER; Grades: 6-8; Our rating: 59)
Library in Eastland:
  • CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $15,860; Location: 210 S LAMAR ST; 16,200 books; 824 audio materials; 123 video materials; 3 serial subscriptions)

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Churches in Eastland include: Church of Christ (A), First Baptist Church (B), First United Methodist Church of Eastland (C), Bethel Baptist Church (D), Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (E), United Pentecostal Church (F), Liberty Baptist Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

River: South Fork Leon River (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotel: Budget Host Inn (2001 Interstate 20 West).

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.5 people
Texas:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  67.7%
Whole state:  71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.3%
Whole state:  4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  17.0%
Whole state:  15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  3.5%
Whole state:  6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Eastland, TX


People in group quarters in Eastland
  • 91 people in nursing homes
  • 52 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 17 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)


Eastland compared to Texas state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Eastland (2007 data):
  • Farmers and Merchants Bank: 930 East Main Street Branch at 930 East Main Street, branch established on 1999-08-16. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $54.5 mil, Deposits: $48.1 mil, headquarters in De Leon, TX, positive income, 3 total offices, Holding Company: F & M Bancshares, Inc.
  • Citibank, National Association: 200 South Seaman Branch at 200 South Seaman, branch established on 1927-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-09: Bank assets: $1,019,497.0 mil, Deposits: $665,743.0 mil, headquarters in Las Vegas, NV, positive income, International Specialization, 958 total offices, Holding Company: Citigroup Inc.
  • First Financial Bank, National Association: at 201 East Main, branch established on 1934-11-04. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $136.7 mil, Deposits: $117.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 3 total offices, Holding Company: First Financial Bankshares, Inc.



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2004 Presidential Election results in Eastland County Texas:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (56%)
  • Electricity (40%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Sewerage 2$3,055$18,3300$0
Other and Unallocable 4$11,232$33,6960$0
Water Supply 5$7,612$18,2690$0
Parks and Recreation 2$2,203$13,2180$0
Streets and Highways 3$3,509$14,0360$0
Financial Administration 2$2,958$17,7480$0
Fire - Other 1$1,486$17,8320$0
Firefighters 3$4,543$18,1720$0
Police - Other 0$0 2$2,121
Police Protection - Officers 8$13,598$20,3970$0
Judicial and Legal 1$1,074$12,8880$0
Other Government Administration 5$10,627$25,5050$0
Totals for Government 36$61,897$20,6322$2,121



7.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,543 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.47%
Texas average:  8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Taylor County, TX  0.80% ($30,217 average AGI)
from Tarrant County, TX  0.59% ($42,794)
from Erath County, TX  0.40% ($23,913)


8.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,823 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.07%
Texas average:  7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Taylor County, TX  0.81% ($19,404 average AGI)
to Tarrant County, TX  0.69% ($26,475)
to Erath County, TX  0.52% ($30,067)


Strongest AM radio stations in Eastland:
  • KEAS (1590 AM; daytime; 1 kW; EASTLAND, TX; Owner: PARTNERSHIP BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
  • KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
  • KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
  • KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
  • KBIS (1150 AM; 25 kW; HIGHLAND PARK, TX; Owner: DALLAS AM RADIO PARTNERS, L.P.)
  • WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KROO (1430 AM; 1 kW; BRECKENRIDGE, TX; Owner: GRAHAM NEWSPAPERS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Eastland:
  • K220BB (91.9 FM; EASTLAND, TX; Owner: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH)
  • KATX (97.7 FM; EASTLAND, TX; Owner: PARTNERSHIP BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KFWR (95.9 FM; MINERAL WELLS, TX; Owner: LKCM RADIO GROUP, LP)
  • KLXK (93.5 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, TX; Owner: GRAHAM NEWSPAPERS, INC.)
  • KYOX (94.3 FM; COMANCHE, TX; Owner: 377 BROADCASTING, INC)



Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)

Eastland, Texas:
  • Fatal accident count: 8
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 8
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
  • Fatalities: 8
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 10
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Texas average:
  • Fatal accident count: 159
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 240
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 44
  • Fatalities: 175
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 417
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 22

See more detailed statistics of Eastland fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here

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