West End, Texas

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Population in July 2007: 3,599.

Males: 1,819	(50.6%)
Females: 1,780	(49.4%)

Median resident age:	42.7 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $51,365 (it was $36,822 in 2000)

West End:	$51,365
Texas:	$47,548

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $25,989

West End:	$25,989
Texas:	$23,938

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $167,672 (it was $91,300 in 2000)

West End:	$167,672
Texas:	$120,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $260,884; Detached houses: $292,820; Townhouses or other attached units: $108,945; Mobile homes: $70,397

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Races in West End:

White Non-Hispanic (89.4%)
Hispanic (7.3%)
Black (5.9%)
American Indian (5.9%)
Other race (3.9%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in West End: 78.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 192.6 square miles.

Population density: 19 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in West End

High school or higher: 73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.6%
Unemployed: 2.1%
Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in West End CCD

Never married: 16.4%
Now married: 66.3%
Separated: 0.5%
Widowed: 7.3%
Divorced: 10.0%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.7%
Texas:	13.9%

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

West End:	0.9% ($866)
Texas:	1.8% ($1,393)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: College Station, TX (45.9 miles , pop. 67,890).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northwest Harris, TX (55.0 miles , pop. 405,444).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (67.1 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Industry, TX (1.4 miles ), Fayetteville, TX (3.5 miles ), Bellville, TX (3.6 miles ), Round Top, TX (3.9 miles) , Brenham, TX (3.9 miles ), Burton, TX (4.2 miles ), Columbus, TX (4.2 miles ), Carmine, TX (4.3 miles ).

Latitude: 29.95 N, Longitude: 96.48 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 979

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (16%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
Food (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Utilities (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (25%)
Health care (13%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Broadcasting and telecommunications (3%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

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

On 6/5/1950, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.4 miles away from the West End place center injured 6 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 3/20/1957, a category 3 tornado 29.4 miles away from the place center injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

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Hospitals/medical centers near West End:

BELLVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; BELLVILLE, TX)
TRINITY COMMUNITY MED CENTER OF BREHAM (about 20 miles; BRENHAM, TX)
COLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; COLUMBUS, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West End:

BLINN COLLEGE (about 20 miles; BRENHAM, TX; Full-time enrollment: 8,448)
PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; PRAIRIE VIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 5,823)
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; COLLEGE STATION, TX; FT enrollment: 41,117)
WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 51 miles; WHARTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,124)
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,273)
HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (about 64 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 21,140)
SAN JACINTO COLLEGE-NORTH CAMPUS (about 64 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,819)

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Notable locations in West End: Gulf (A), Post Oak Point (B), Rock House (C), Welcome (D), Sachse Public Library (E), Roesler House (F), Witte-Schmid House (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in West End include: Cherry Chapel (A), Welcome Church (B), Wesley Brethren Church (C), Wesley Church (D), Goodwill Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Haedge Cemetery (1), Star Hill Cemetery (2), Shellburne Cemetery (3), Hoppe Cemetery (4), Kollatschny Cemetery (5), Bethany Cemetery (6), Frnka Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Butler Lake (A), Moore Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sandy Branch (A), Sandy Creek (B), Sawmill Creek (C), Beaty Branch (D), Rocky Branch (E), Pecan Branch (F), Skull Creek (G), Dry Creek (H), Dogwood Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in West End include: Harmonie Park (1), Historical Marker (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.5 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	63.6%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.4%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	11.7%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	4.1%
Whole state:	6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West End, TX

West End compared to Texas state average:

Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Austin County Texas:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (53%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%) Wood (4%) Utility gas (3%) Other fuel (1%)

Religion statistics for West End

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Lutheran Church
Adherents	39.9%	18.1%	14.4%	11.2%	7.0%
Congregations	19.4%	12.9%	25.8%	6.5%	6.5%

Name	Assemblies of God	Episcopal Church	Churches of Christ	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other religions
Adherents	3.4%	3.0%	1.5%	1.0%	0.4%
Congregations	3.2%	6.5%	9.7%	3.2%	6.5%

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.

8.14% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,127 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.14%
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 Harris County, TX	2.13% ($54,643 average AGI)
from Fort Bend County, TX	1.02% ($48,713)
from Waller County, TX	0.42% ($27,872)

7.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,734 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.68%
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 Harris County, TX	2.43% ($34,614 average AGI)
to Fort Bend County, TX	0.75% ($42,290)
to Washington County, TX	0.52% ($31,896)

Strongest AM radio stations in West End:

KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KSEV (700 AM; 15 kW; TOMBALL, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
KILE (1560 AM; 50 kW; BELLAIRE, TX; Owner: THE RAFTT CORPORATION)
KREH (900 AM; 5 kW; PECAN GROVE, TX)
KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
KEYH (850 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
KZNE (1150 AM; 10 kW; COLLEGE STATION, TX; Owner: BRYAN BROADCASTING LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
KWHI (1280 AM; 1 kW; BRENHAM, TX)
KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WTAW (1620 AM; 10 kW; COLLEGE STATION, TX; Owner: BRYAN BROADCASTING LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
KKHT (1070 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: SOUTH TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in West End:

KNRG (92.3 FM; NEW ULM, TX; Owner: ROY E. HENDERSON TR/AS NEW ULM BROADCASTING CO.)
K259AH (91.9 FM; BRENHAM, TX; Owner: THE KSBJ EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
KULF (94.1 FM; BRENHAM, TX; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KEZB (105.3 FM; HEMPSTEAD, TX; Owner: FARMERS COMMUNICATIONS)
K216FD (91.1 FM; COLUMBUS, TX; Owner: FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH, INC.)
KULM-FM (98.3 FM; COLUMBUS, TX; Owner: ROY E. HENDERSON)
KROX-FM (101.5 FM; BUDA, TX; Owner: EMMIS AUSTIN RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.P.)
KTTX (106.1 FM; BRENHAM, TX; Owner: TOM S. WHITEHEAD, INC.)
KBUK (104.9 FM; LA GRANGE, TX; Owner: FAYETTE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around West End:

KBTX-TV (Channel 3; BRYAN, TX; Owner: KWTX-KBTX LICENSEE CORP.)
K35DI (Channel 35; SOMERVILLE, TX; Owner: GERALD BENAVIDES)
KYLE (Channel 28; BRYAN, TX; Owner: COMCORP OF BRYAN LICENSE CORP.)

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