For population 25 years and over in Owl Ranch-Amargosa:
High school or higher: 39.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 0.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 27.1%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 46.3 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Owl Ranch-Amargosa CDP:
Never married: 27.8%
Now married: 56.6%
Separated: 8.1%
Widowed: 3.5%
Divorced: 4.0%
57 residents are foreign born (10.8% Latin America).
This place:
10.8%
Texas:
13.9%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $811 (1.1%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $363 (1.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (44.4 miles , pop. 277,454).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (110.8 miles , pop. 1,144,646).
Owl Ranch-Amargosa-area historical tornado activity is below Texas state average. It is 1% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/16/1969, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 19.6 miles away from the Owl Ranch-Amargosa place center causedbetween $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
On 6/24/1970, a category F3 tornado 29.9 miles away from the place center killed one personand injured 15 peopleand causedbetween $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Owl Ranch-Amargosa-area historical earthquake activity is above Texas state average. It is 92% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/9/1993 at 12:29:19, a magnitude 4.3 (4.1 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 63.7 miles away from the city center On 3/24/1997 at 22:31:34, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 12.4 miles away from Owl Ranch-Amargosa center On 4/7/2008 at 09:51:12, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, 3.9 MW, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 71.4 miles away from the city center On 7/20/1991 at 23:38:19, a magnitude 3.6 (3.4 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 70.6 miles away from the city center On 5/16/1993 at 15:30:19, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 63.8 miles away from Owl Ranch-Amargosa center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Van Zandt County (10) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4 Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 4, Floods: 3, Tornadoes: 3, Fires: 3, Storms: 3 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Owl Ranch-Amargosa:
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL ALICE (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 11 miles away; ALICE, TX)
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL CORPUS CHRISTI (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 30 miles away; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL KLEBERG (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 37 miles away; KINGSVILLE, TX)
Amtrak station near Owl Ranch-Amargosa:
11 miles: ALICE (301 N. JOHNSON ST.) - Bus Station . Services: enclosed waiting area, intercity bus service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Owl Ranch-Amargosa:
Texas A & M University-Kingsville (about 29 miles; Kingsville, TX; Full-time enrollment: 5,342)
Del Mar College (about 44 miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 3,608)
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi (about 49 miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 6,428)
Texas A & M International University (about 84 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,518)
Laredo Community College (about 91 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,416)
Palo Alto College (about 103 miles; San Antonio, TX; FT enrollment: 2,782)
St Philips College (about 108 miles; San Antonio, TX; FT enrollment: 3,465)
Van Zandt County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 17.5%
(100.0% for Black residents, 15.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 53.5% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
3.4 people
Texas:
2.7 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
81.5%
Whole state:
71.0%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
6.4%
Whole state:
4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Owl Ranch-Amargosa (based on Van Zandt County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 57.30%
Here
57.3%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist Missionary Association of America
United Methodist Church
Churches of Christ
Catholic Church
Adherents
51.6%
16.0%
12.7%
6.3%
6.0%
Congregations
27.2%
19.6%
16.3%
15.2%
3.3%
Name
Assemblies of God
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
LDS (Mormon) Church
Church of the Nazarene
Other
Adherents
2.4%
1.6%
1.4%
0.8%
1.2%
Congregations
6.5%
2.2%
1.1%
3.3%
5.4%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 6
Van Zandt County:
1.16 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
This county:
0.19 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6
Van Zandt County:
1.16 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 32
Here:
6.18 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 29
Here:
5.60 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Van Zandt County:
8.9%
State:
8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Van Zandt County:
25.5%
State:
26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
14.9%
Texas:
15.7%
8.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,625 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
8.33%
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:
