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Limestone County

Population in July 2007: 1,522.
Males: 773  (50.8%)
Females: 749  (49.2%)

Median resident age:  44.7 years
Texas median age:  32.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2009: $58,201 (it was $43,636 in 2000)
Personville:

$58,201
Texas:

$48,259
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $23,239

Personville CCD income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $104,176 (it was $63,200 in 2000)
Personville:

$104,176
Texas:

$125,800
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $134,236; Detached houses: $142,943; Townhouses or other attached units: $47,049; Mobile homes: $111,928

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Personville races chart
  • White alone - 1,369 (91.4%)
  • Hispanic - 76 (5.1%)
  • Black alone - 34 (2.3%)
  • American Indian alone - 13 (0.9%)
  • Two or more races - 6 (0.4%)

Races in Personville detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth


Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Personville: 80.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 424 feet

Land area: 118.6 square miles.

Population density: 13 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Personville:

  • High school or higher: 80.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
  • Unemployed: 7.0%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Personville CCD:

  • Never married: 14.4%
  • Now married: 66.7%
  • Separated: 1.2%
  • Widowed: 7.2%
  • Divorced: 11.8%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.0%
Texas:  13.9%

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

Personville CCD:  1.1% ($694)
Texas:  1.8% ($1,393)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Waco, TX (47.0 miles , pop. 113,726).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Dallas, TX (93.0 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Teague, TX (3.1 miles ), Groesbeck, TX (3.2 miles ), Mexia, TX (3.8 miles ), Thornton, TX (3.8 miles ), Jewett, TX (4.0 miles ), Buffalo, TX (4.2 miles ), Kirvin, TX (4.3 miles) , Fairfield, TX (4.4 miles ).

Latitude: 31.50 N, Longitude: 96.36 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 254

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

6.5%
Texas:

7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries (%)
Males Females
  • Construction (22%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (15%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Truck transportation (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Utilities (4%)
  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Public administration (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Food and beverage stores (8%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Electricians (8%)
  • Construction laborers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
  • Top executives (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Therapists (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)

Work and jobs in Personville: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

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Tornado activity:

Personville-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Texas state average. It is 122% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/11/1953, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 35.0 miles away from the Personville place center killed 114 people and injured 597 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 3/10/1973, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 27.8 miles away from the place center killed 6 people and injured 77 people.

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Limestone County (11) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5
Emergencies Declared: 6

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 3, Fires: 3, Hurricanes: 3, Storms: 3, Tornadoes: 2, Wind: 1, Tornado: 1, Other: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).

Hospitals/medical centers near Personville:

  • LIMESTONE MEDICAL CENTER (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 12 miles away; GROESBECK, TX)
  • PARKVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 16 miles away; MEXIA, TX)
  • EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, about 23 miles away; FAIRFIELD, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Personville:

  • Navarro College (about 41 miles; Corsicana, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,283)
  • Texas State Technical College Waco (about 44 miles; Waco, TX; FT enrollment: 3,995)
  • Baylor University (about 45 miles; Waco, TX; FT enrollment: 13,993)
  • McLennan Community College (about 49 miles; Waco, TX; FT enrollment: 4,343)
  • Trinity Valley Community College (about 57 miles; Athens, TX; FT enrollment: 2,707)
  • Texas A & M University (about 62 miles; College Station, TX; FT enrollment: 43,338)
  • Temple College (about 66 miles; Temple, TX; FT enrollment: 2,250)

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Notable locations in Personville: Box Car Center (A), Center (B), East Lake Limestone Volunteer Fire Department (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Personville include: Webb Chapel (A), Lost Prairie Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Bethel Cemetery (1), Holt Cemetery (2), Oaks Cemetery (3), Plummers Cemetery (4), New Hope Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Sellers Lake (A), Duck Pond (B), Sims Lake (C), Browns Lake (D), Kennedy Lake (E), Duke Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Big Creek (A), West Fork Chambers Creek (B), Turkey Creek (C), Spring Creek (D), Sassafras Branch (E), Sanders Creek (F), Sand Branch (G), Plummers Creek (H), Pear Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 
Limestone County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential

Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
Texas:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  71.3%
Whole state:  71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.4%
Whole state:  4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
This place:

10.6%
Whole state:

15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
This place:

3.4%
Whole state:

6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Personville, TX


Personville compared to Texas state average:

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


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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (56%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
  • Other fuel (4%)
  • Utility gas (3%)
  • Wood (3%)


2004 Presidential Election results in Limestone County Texas:


2008 Presidential Election results in Limestone County Texas:
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Religion statistics for Personville (based on Limestone County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 56.71%
Here56.7%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchChurches of ChristCatholic Church USA National Primitive Baptist Convention
Adherents51.1%15.3%8.9%6.4%5.1%
Congregations24.6%13.1%21.3%1.6%13.1%
NameBaptist Missionary Association of AmericaAssemblies of GodAmerican Baptist AssociationPresbyterian Church (USA)Other
Adherents4.0%2.9%2.4%1.8%2.1%
Congregations4.9%6.6%3.3%1.6%9.8%
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
Limestone County:

2.69 / 10,000 pop.
State:

1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:

0.45 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3
This county:

1.34 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 21
Limestone County:

9.41 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 19
This county:

8.52 / 10,000 pop.
State:

6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Limestone County:

10.3%
Texas:

8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Limestone County:

28.3%
State:

26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

13.5%
State:

15.7%

7.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,617 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

7.50%
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 McLennan County, TX  1.11% ($23,654 average AGI)
from Freestone County, TX  1.03% ($41,861)
from Harris County, TX  0.43% ($49,200)


7.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,938 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

7.34%
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 McLennan County, TX  1.63% ($24,649 average AGI)
to Freestone County, TX  0.92% ($30,500)
to Tarrant County, TX  0.36% ($33,840)

Strongest AM radio stations in Personville:

  • WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
  • KBBW (1010 AM; 10 kW; WACO-MARLIN, TX; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING OF TEXAS)
  • KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
  • KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
  • KRZI (1580 AM; 10 kW; WACO, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
  • KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
  • KRZX (1660 AM; 10 kW; WACO, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
  • KZNE (1150 AM; 10 kW; COLLEGE STATION, TX; Owner: BRYAN BROADCASTING LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Personville:

  • KDOS (107.9 FM; ROBINSON, TX; Owner: KICI-FM LICENSE CORP.)
  • KYCX-FM (104.9 FM; MEXIA, TX; Owner: MJ COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WACO-FM (99.9 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KNES (99.1 FM; FAIRFIELD, TX; Owner: J & J COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Personville:

  • KCEN-TV (Channel 6; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: CHANNEL 6, INC.)
  • KYLE (Channel 28; BRYAN, TX; Owner: COMCORP OF BRYAN LICENSE CORP.)
  • KXXV (Channel 25; WACO, TX; Owner: CENTEX TELEVISION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)


FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers:

2
  • Morton Well (Lat: 31.490278 Lon: -96.308500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 17.1 m, Call Sign: WQBC228
    Assigned Frequencies: 458.275 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/16/2004, Expiration Date: 09/16/2014, Certifier: Richard B Locke
    Registrant: Lao 20411903, 102 East Middle Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Phone: (800) 886-4222, Fax: (717) 337-9157, Email:
  • K3 Well (Lat: 31.491222 Lon: -96.323944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 17.1 m, Overall height: 17.7 m, Call Sign: WQBC233
    Assigned Frequencies: 458.275 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/16/2004, Expiration Date: 09/16/2014, Certifier: Richard B Locke
    Registrant: Lao 20412402, 102 East Middle Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325, Phone: (800) 886-4222, Fax: (717) 337-9157, Email:


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