Income and Poverty in Comal County, Texas
The areas median household income has increased from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has increased to $55,712, posting a 3.2 percent growth. Comal County, Texas, in terms of percentage of growth, ranks 1 of 3 counties in percent of growth for household income in Texas. Comal County ranks 48 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of growth in median household income in the United States.
Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Comal County, Texas can be recognized as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 21.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Comal County, with 15.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.
The rate of poverty in Comal County, Texas has increased by 1.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 8.6 percent to 9.9 percent.
Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 6.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $50,365. Hispanic Householders in Comal County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $39,078, this median is 27.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Comal County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $55,187 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 2.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $65,813. This income level is 21.9 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Comal County reported an income level of $51,083, this was 5.4 percent less than the median income level in this area.
When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Comal County had a relatively high median income for households of $53,992 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 13.5 percent higher than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and this is 9 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.
As the median income level saw a growth from 2000 to 2005 in Comal County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through an increase of 98.5 percent since the year 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income growth in Comal County, encountering a 12.8 percent decline in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Comal County, Texas can be recognized as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 21.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Comal County, with 15.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.
The rate of poverty in Comal County, Texas has increased by 1.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 8.6 percent to 9.9 percent.
Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 6.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $50,365. Hispanic Householders in Comal County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $39,078, this median is 27.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Comal County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $55,187 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 2.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $65,813. This income level is 21.9 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Comal County reported an income level of $51,083, this was 5.4 percent less than the median income level in this area.
When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Comal County had a relatively high median income for households of $53,992 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 13.5 percent higher than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and this is 9 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.
As the median income level saw a growth from 2000 to 2005 in Comal County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through an increase of 98.5 percent since the year 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income growth in Comal County, encountering a 12.8 percent decline in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
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