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Population in July 2007: 2,161. Population change since 2000: +1.0%
 

Males: 1,059  (49.0%)
Females: 1,102  (51.0%)
Median resident age:  33.8 years
Texas median age:  32.3 years

Zip codes: 77625.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,550 (it was $28,352 in 2000)
Kountze:  $39,550
Texas:  $47,548

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $73,644 (it was $40,100 in 2000)
Kountze:  $73,644
Texas:  $120,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $88,866; Detached houses: $100,635; Townhouses or other attached units: $84,866; Mobile homes: $29,362; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000
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Races in Kountze:

  • White Non-Hispanic (69.0%)
  • Black (26.4%)
  • Hispanic (2.8%)
  • American Indian (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.1%)
  • Other race (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Kountze: 75.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (12.9%), Irish (9.4%), English (6.8%), German (6.8%), French (5.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 81 feet

Land area: 3.97 square miles.

Population density: 544 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Kountze

  • High school or higher: 70.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
  • Unemployed: 5.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 29.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Kountze city

  • Never married: 21.7%
  • Now married: 56.1%
  • Separated: 2.5%
  • Widowed: 11.0%
  • Divorced: 8.7%

4 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.2%
Texas:  13.9%



According to our research there were 19 registered sex offenders living in Kountze, Texas in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Kountze to the number of sex offenders is 114 to 1.

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

Kountze:  1.0% ($388)
Texas:  1.8% ($1,393)
Kountze satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Beaumont, TX (24.3 miles , pop. 113,866).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Southeast Montgomery, TX (73.6 miles , pop. 208,076).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (84.8 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Silsbee, TX (9.5 miles ), Lumberton, TX (11.0 miles ), Chance-Loeb, TX (12.2 miles ), Rose Hill Acres, TX (15.0 miles ), Pinewood Estates, TX (15.4 miles ), Bevil Oaks, TX (15.9 miles ), Evadale, TX (17.2 miles ), Sour Lake, TX (17.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,200
  • 1998: 29 buildings, average cost: $106,000
  • 1999: 4 buildings, average cost: $112,300
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $77,500
  • 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $77,500
  • 2006: 4 buildings, average cost: $86,300
  • 2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $96,000

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Latitude: 30.38 N, Longitude: 94.32 W

Area code: 409

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Population change in the 1990s: -9 (-0.4%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (15%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)
  • Wood products (5%)
  • Mining (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Construction laborers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)


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Crime in Kountze by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 010000
    per 100,000 0.045.30.00.00.00.0
Rapes 031001
    per 100,000 0.0135.846.60.00.045.2
Robberies 002312
    per 100,000 0.00.093.2138.646.090.3
Assaults 101922436
    per 100,000 462.3860.11024.7184.8138.1271.0
Burglaries 102417222521
    per 100,000 462.31086.5791.81016.61151.0948.5
Thefts 487076592854
    per 100,000 2219.13168.93539.82726.41289.12439.0
Auto thefts 2543108
    per 100,000 92.5226.3186.3138.6460.4361.3
Arson 040010
    per 100,000 0.0181.10.00.046.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 221.0592.1482.1269.9210.4310.3

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 7 (6 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.78
US city average:  3.00

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Kountze-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Texas state average. It is 113% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/13/1982, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.1 miles away from the Kountze city center killed one person and injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 11/7/1957, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 41.1 miles away from the city center killed one person and injured 81 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Birthplace of: Keithan Hancock - College basketball player (Northwestern St. Demons), Tramaine Hancock - College basketball player (Northwestern St. Demons).


Hospitals/medical centers near Kountze:
  • CHRISTUS ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; BEAUMONT, TX)
  • DUBUIS HOSP OF BEAUMONT (about 24 miles; BEAUMONT, TX)
  • MEMORIAL HERMANN BAPTIST HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; BEAUMONT, TX)

Political contributions by individuals in Kountze, TX

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kountze:
  • SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL (about 36 miles; BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR, TX; ID: BPT)
  • GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT/HOUSTON (about 76 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: IAH)
  • LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL (about 79 miles; LAKE CHARLES, LA; ID: LCH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kountze:
  • HAWTHORNE FIELD (about 6 miles; KOUNTZE/SILSBEE, TX; ID: 45R)
  • BEAUMONT MUNI (about 23 miles; BEAUMONT, TX; ID: BMT)
  • TYLER COUNTY (about 29 miles; WOODVILLE, TX; ID: 09R)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Kountze:
  • LAMAR UNIVERSITY-BEAUMONT (about 29 miles; BEAUMONT, TX; Full-time enrollment: 8,888)
  • LEE COLLEGE (about 62 miles; BAYTOWN, TX; FT enrollment: 3,099)
  • MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; LAKE CHARLES, LA; FT enrollment: 6,460)
  • ANGELINA COLLEGE (about 72 miles; LUFKIN, TX; FT enrollment: 2,773)
  • SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-CENTRAL CAMPUS (about 77 miles; PASADENA, TX; FT enrollment: 6,102)
  • UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE (about 78 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 4,735)
  • NORTH HARRIS MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 81 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 13,933)
Public high school in Kountze:
Public elementary/middle schools in Kountze:
  • KOUNTZE Elementary (Students: 656; Location: 565 PARK DR; Grades: EE-5; Our rating: 58)
  • KOUNTZE MIDDLE (Students: 334; Location: 150 E VAUGHN; Grades: 6-8; Our rating: 61)
Library in Kountze:
  • KOUNTZE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $69,370; Location: 835 REDWOOD ST; 9,000 books; 350 audio materials; 400 video materials; 21 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • For the birthplace of: section, Josh Hancock also played for Northwestern, additionally Gabriell Mattox plays for the University of Texas Women's Basketball Team, Drew Dawson will be playing football for Harding University starting this fall, Ashton Hall plays men's basketball for Lamar University, and there are several others playing basketball for two year colleges

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Tourist attraction: Barbara Lynn & Solar System Band (Arcades & Amusements; 645 Williford Street).

 

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

Percentage of family households:
This city:  72.0%
Whole state:  71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.0%
Whole state:  4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  21.0%
Whole state:  15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  8.2%
Whole state:  6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Kountze, TX


81 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
42 people in nursing homes


Kountze compared to Texas state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Kountze (2007 data):
  • Texas State Bank: Kountze Branch at 1105 South Pine Street, branch established on 1999-04-05. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $8,548.3 mil, Deposits: $6,109.1 mil, headquarters in Mcallen, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 80 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
  • Citizens Bank: Kountze Branch at Main Street, branch established on 1992-10-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $245.9 mil, Deposits: $217.5 mil, headquarters in Kilgore, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: East Texas Financial Corporation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Hardin County Texas:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (49%)
  • Electricity (46%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
  • Wood (1%)

8.83% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,580 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.83%
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 Jefferson County, TX  3.10% ($53,304 average AGI)
from Orange County, TX  0.71% ($32,107)
from Harris County, TX  0.51% ($38,655)


8.71% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,481 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.71%
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 Jefferson County, TX  2.54% ($31,268 average AGI)
to Harris County, TX  0.66% ($40,841)
to Orange County, TX  0.60% ($35,146)


Strongest AM radio stations in Kountze:
  • KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KSET (1300 AM; 1 kW; SILSBEE, TX; Owner: DAVE COLLIER COMMUNICATION BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KLVI (560 AM; 5 kW; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KQHN (1510 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEDERLAND, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KILE (1560 AM; 50 kW; BELLAIRE, TX; Owner: THE RAFTT CORPORATION)
  • KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KSEV (700 AM; 15 kW; TOMBALL, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
  • KZZB (990 AM; 1 kW; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: MARTIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KDEI (1250 AM; 5 kW; PORT ARTHUR, TX; Owner: RADIO MARIA, INC.)
  • KTXJ (1350 AM; 5 kW; JASPER, TX; Owner: LASTING VALUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KJOJ (880 AM; 10 kW; CONROE, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
  • KLAT (1010 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))

Strongest FM radio stations in Kountze:
  • KAYD-FM (101.7 FM; SILSBEE, TX; Owner: HILCO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KQBU-FM (93.3 FM; PORT ARTHUR, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
  • KQQK (107.9 FM; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
  • KTJM (98.5 FM; PORT ARTHUR, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
  • KRWP (97.5 FM; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KIOC (106.1 FM; ORANGE, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KOBT (100.7 FM; WINNIE, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
  • KQXY-FM (94.1 FM; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KYKR (95.1 FM; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KTHT (97.1 FM; CLEVELAND, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KVST (103.7 FM; WILLIS, TX; Owner: NEW WAVO COMMUNICATION GROUP, INC.)
  • KKMY (104.5 FM; ORANGE, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KSHN (99.9 FM; LIBERTY, TX; Owner: TRINITY RIVER VALLEY BROADCASTING CO)
  • KTCX (102.5 FM; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KVLU (91.3 FM; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: LAMAR UNIVERSITY)

TV broadcast stations around Kountze:
  • K09VO (Channel 9; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: BEAUMONT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KBTV-TV (Channel 4; PORT ARTHUR, TX; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR, L.L.C.)
  • KBMT (Channel 12; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: CHANNEL 12 OF BEAUMONT, INC.)
  • KFDM-TV (Channel 6; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF TEXAS, INC.)
  • KITU (Channel 34; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION INC)
  • KJDF-LP (Channel 46; BEAUMONT, TX; Owner: ARACELIS ORTIZ, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CARLOS ORTIZ)
  • KEBQ-LP (Channel 22; BEAUMONT-ORANGE, TX; Owner: WELLSPRINGS BEAUMONT TELEVISION, INC.)


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

Kountze, Texas:
  • Fatal accident count: 12
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 17
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
  • Fatalities: 14
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 38
  • 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 Kountze fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here

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