Amarillo, TX (Texas) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 187,236 (Urban population: 185,838, Rural population: 1,398 (32 farm, 1,366 nonfarm))

Amarillo, Texas Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 72,332 (67,612 occupied: 42,765 owner occupied, 24,847 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	37%
State:	36%

Housing density: 805 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $160,760.

Median contract rent in 2007: $499 (lower quartile is $401, upper quartile is $637)

Housing units in Amarillo with a mortgage: 23,658 (705 second mortgage, 1,465 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15,289

Amarillo,TX index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $97,000 (it was $71,600 in 2000)

Amarillo:	$97,000
Texas:	$120,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $64,700 - $149,600

Median year house/condo built: 1966

Median year apartment built: 1969

Household type by relationship

Households: 171,225

In family households: 145,919 (34,850 male householders, 11,118 female householders)
35,140 spouses, 53,131 children (47,835 natural, 1,387 adopted, 3,909 stepchildren), 3,826 grandchildren, 1,407 brothers or sisters, 869 parents, 2,401 other relatives, 3,177 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 25,306 (9,373 male householders (7,839 living alone)), 12,218 female householders (10,800 living alone)), 3,715 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,301 (1,645 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 19,165 2-persons, 10,559 3-persons, 9,169 4-persons, 4,316 5-persons, 1,745 6-persons, 1,014 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18,639 1-person, 2,496 2-persons, 341 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 57 5-persons.

30,769 married couples with children.
12,285 single-parent households (2,658 men, 9,627 women).

81.1% of residents of Amarillo speak English at home.
16.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 12,630 (7.3%)
(36.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.6
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Amarillo, Texas:
	1 room: 44 2 rooms: 625 3 rooms: 1,825 4 rooms: 4,713 5 rooms: 12,838 6 rooms: 11,516 7 rooms: 5,557 8 rooms: 3,118 9 or more rooms: 2,529

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amarillo, Texas:
	1 room: 1,103 2 rooms: 2,851 3 rooms: 5,583 4 rooms: 6,869 5 rooms: 5,276 6 rooms: 2,073 7 rooms: 692 8 rooms: 282 9 or more rooms: 118

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 746
1995 to 1998: 2,972
1990 to 1994: 2,132
1980 to 1989: 10,545
1970 to 1979: 13,999
1960 to 1969: 12,729
1950 to 1959: 16,047
1940 to 1949: 7,179
1939 or earlier: 5,983

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Amarillo:
	no bedroom: 269 1 bedroom: 1,536 2 bedrooms: 9,604 3 bedrooms: 25,114 4 bedrooms: 5,517 5 or more bedrooms: 725

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amarillo:
	no bedroom: 1,428 1 bedroom: 8,414 2 bedrooms: 9,236 3 bedrooms: 5,054 4 bedrooms: 648 5 or more bedrooms: 67

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Amarillo in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,343 1 vehicle: 12,158 2 vehicles: 20,748 3 vehicles: 6,306 4 vehicles: 1,688 5 or more vehicles: 522

Cars and other vehicles available in Amarillo in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 3,164 1 vehicle: 13,591 2 vehicles: 6,811 3 vehicles: 1,060 4 vehicles: 159 5 or more vehicles: 62

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Amarillo, TX:

Less than $10,000: 473
$10,000 to $14,999: 303
$15,000 to $19,999: 465
$20,000 to $24,999: 674
$25,000 to $29,999: 722
$30,000 to $34,999: 857
$35,000 to $39,999: 1234
$40,000 to $49,999: 2714
$50,000 to $59,999: 3286
$60,000 to $69,999: 3159
$70,000 to $79,999: 2785
$80,000 to $89,999: 2741
$90,000 to $99,999: 2634
$100,000 to $124,999: 6463
$125,000 to $149,999: 4386
$150,000 to $174,999: 2836
$175,000 to $199,999: 2060
$200,000 to $249,999: 2175
$250,000 to $299,999: 1012
$300,000 to $399,999: 891
$400,000 to $499,999: 260
$500,000 to $749,999: 247
$750,000 to $999,999: 93
$1,000,000 or more: 116

Amarillo rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Amarillo:

Less than $100: 292 people
$100 to $149: 248
$150 to $199: 365
$200 to $249: 482
$250 to $299: 734
$300 to $349: 1,640
$350 to $399: 2,518
$400 to $449: 3,094
$450 to $499: 3,163
$500 to $549: 2,685
$550 to $599: 2,420
$600 to $649: 1,837
$650 to $699: 1,477
$700 to $749: 1,119
$750 to $799: 754
$800 to $899: 710
$900 to $999: 419
$1,000 to $1,249: 396
$1,250 to $1,499: 144
$1,500 to $1,999: 237
$2,000 or more: 188
No cash rent: 1,078

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3,236 1990 to 1994: 2,107 1985 to 1989: 1,929 1980 to 1984: 1,722 1975 to 1979: 1,738 1970 to 1974: 770 1970 to 1974: 283 1965 to 1969: 845

Amarillo, TX Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 58.3%
Number of people working at home: 1,830 (2.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2656
5 to 9 minutes: 11639
10 to 14 minutes: 21406
15 to 19 minutes: 19555
20 to 24 minutes: 10663
25 to 29 minutes: 2161
30 to 34 minutes: 4673
35 to 39 minutes: 477
40 to 44 minutes: 655
45 to 59 minutes: 1579
60 to 89 minutes: 1184
90 or more minutes: 1126

Amarillo mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 65,371 (82%)
Carpooled: 10,425 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 219 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 14 (0%)
Railroad: 10 (0%)
Ferryboat: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 88 (0%)
Motorcycle: 37 (0%)
Bicycle: 117 (0%)
Walked: 879 (1%)
Other means: 606 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,830 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 7618
$10,000 to $14,999: 5550
$15,000 to $19,999: 5077
$20,000 to $24,999: 5697
$25,000 to $29,999: 5166
$30,000 to $34,999: 4721
$35,000 to $39,999: 4250
$40,000 to $44,999: 4050
$45,000 to $49,999: 3425
$50,000 to $59,999: 5527
$60,000 to $74,999: 6360
$75,000 to $99,999: 5169
$100,000 to $124,999: 2312
$125,000 to $149,999: 867
$150,000 to $199,999: 753
$200,000 or more: 1017

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 55189

United States or American: 18352

German: 14630

English: 11488

Irish: 9608

Scotch-Irish: 2885

French (except Basque): 2479

Scottish: 1979

Italian: 1858

Dutch: 1449

European: 939

Norwegian: 850

Polish: 646

Subsaharan African:: 565

African: 541

Welsh: 513

Swedish: 506

British: 447

Arab:: 335

French Canadian: 329

Yugoslavian: 273

Czech: 256

Danish: 232

Canadian: 205

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 194

Dutch West Indian: 186

Greek: 170

Austrian: 161

Swiss: 143

Russian: 142

Arab/Arabic: 124

Lebanese: 105

Czechoslovakian: 92

Iranian: 80

Portuguese: 65

Hungarian: 64

Celtic: 62

Croatian: 58

Scandinavian: 49

Ukrainian: 49

Albanian: 48

Other Arab: 45

Slovak: 40

Lithuanian: 39

Eastern European: 34

Pennsylvania German: 32

Australian: 31

Belgian: 30

Iraqi: 26

Northern European: 25

Romanian: 24

Jordanian: 21

Nigerian: 20

Bulgarian: 19

Slavic: 17

Finnish: 17

Acadian/Cajun: 16

Basque: 14

Icelander: 11

Serbian: 11

Palestinian: 8

Jamaican: 8

Armenian: 7

Syrian: 6

Latvian: 5

Cape Verdean: 4

Turkish: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (64%)
Vietnam (8%)
Laos (6%)
India (3%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2%)
Canada (2%)
Germany (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 113783
Northeast: 2585
Midwest: 12091
South: 16060
West: 15420

50% of Amarillo residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Texas.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 982
Nursery to 4th grade: 468
5th and 6th grade: 1,129
7th and 8th grade: 1,491
9th grade: 1,456
10th grade: 1,572
11th grade: 1,736
12th grade, no diploma: 1,536
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,502
Less than 1 year of college: 4,284
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,637
Associate degree: 3,077
Bachelor's degree: 7,495
Master's degree: 2,268
Professional school degree: 1,280
Doctorate degree: 454

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 781
Nursery to 4th grade: 427
5th and 6th grade: 1,141
7th and 8th grade: 1,676
9th grade: 1,758
10th grade: 2,186
11th grade: 2,276
12th grade, no diploma: 1,711
High school graduate (or equivalency): 15,076
Less than 1 year of college: 5,760
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,079
Associate degree: 3,956
Bachelor's degree: 7,296
Master's degree: 2,563
Professional school degree: 613
Doctorate degree: 145

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 14.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 2.7%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 5.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.5%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 7.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $46,288
Black householders: $26,028
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $10,482
Asian householders: $33,893
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $3,460
Some other race householders: $30,920
Two or more races householders: $32,994
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $30,002

Amarillo household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Amarillo household income for Black householders

Amarillo household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Amarillo household income for Asian householders

Amarillo household income for Some other race householders

Amarillo household income for Two or more races householders

Amarillo household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Amarillo marital status for males

Amarillo marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $111,495
Black or African American householders: $54,596
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $105,941
Asian householders: $71,530
Some other race householders: $60,421
Two or more races householders: $83,452
Hispanic or Latino householders: $60,692

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 51,095
One, attached: 2,734
Two: 2,434
3 or 4: 1,696
5 to 9: 2,435
10 to 19: 2,130
20 to 49: 2,062
50 or more: 4,396
Mobile homes: 3,289
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 61

Median worth of mobile homes: $34,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Amarillo:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (83%) Electricity (16%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (68%) Electricity (30%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,657

Here:	7.6%
Texas:	6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 642

Here:	6.4%
Texas:	6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 543

Here:	6.1%
Texas:	15.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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