Household Statistics

Households
City of Fort Stockton
The city has approximately 2,790 households in 2000 according to the Census. This represents an average of 2.78 persons per household.

Households by Type
Total households 2.790 (100%)
Family households (families) 2,106 (75.5%)
With own children under 18 years 1,094 (39.2%)

Married-couple family 1,620 (58.1%)
With own children under 18 years 774 (27.7%)

Female householder, no husband present 370 (13.3%)
With own children under 18 years 248 (8.9%)

Non-family households 684 (24.5%)
Householder living alone 606 (21.7%)
Householder 65 years and older 269 (9.6%)

Householders with individuals under 18 years 1,246 (44.7%)
Households with individuals 65 years and over 731 (26.2%)

Average household size 2.78
Average family size 3.25

Relationship
Total Population 7,846 (100%)
In households 7,745 (98.7%)
Households 2,790 (35.6%)
Spouse 1,620 (20.6%)
Child 2,594 (33.1%)
Own child under 18 years 2,029 (25.9%)
Other relatives 515 (6.6%)
Under 18 years 291 (3.7%)
Non-relatives 226 (2.9%)
Unmarried partners 135 (1.7%)
In group quarters 101 (1.3%)
Institutionalized population 101 (1.3%)
Non-institutionalized population 0

Pecos County
The county had approximately 5,153 households in 2000 according to the Census.
This represents an average of 2.86 persons per household.
The housing per square mile rate was 11.2 percent and the county's homeowner rate was 74.1 percent.

The mean travel time to work was 17.6 minutes compared to a state average of 25.4 minutes.
The number of people over 16 who commuted to work was 6,017 while the number that worked at home was 97.

Commuting to work
The commuting to work breakdown was as follows:
drove alone (4,558)
carpooled (1,094)
public transportation (6)
walked (129)
other means (133)

Household income
• Less than $10,000: 523
• $10,000 to $14,999: 293
• $15,000 to $19,999: 201
• $20,000 to $24,999: 175
• $25,000 to $29,999: 330
• $30,000 to $34,999: 186
• $35,000 to $39,999: 95
• $40,000 to $44,999: 175
• $45,000 to $49,999: 161
• $50,000 to $59,999: 241
• $60,000 to $74,999: 172
• $75,000 to $99,999: 137
• $100,000 to $124,999: 69
• $125,000 to $149,999: 16
• $150,000 to $199,999: 15
• $200,000 or more: 8