Leon County, TX

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2024 Population
16,263
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
44.6
0.677% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
16.4%
14% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$61,449
2.46% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$186,400
5.07% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
6,321
0.477% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Leon County, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.8% of the residents in Leon County, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Leon County, TX was $186,400, and the homeownership rate was 76.6%.

Most people in Leon County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 29.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Leon County, TX was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Leon County, TX is home to a population of 16.3k people, from which 95.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 6.97% of Leon County, TX residents were born outside of the country (1.13k people).

In 2024, there were 9.87 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (11.5k people) in Leon County, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.17k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.06k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.8%
2024 Citizenship
96.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95.8% of Leon County, TX residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Leon County, TX was 96.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Leon County, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    11.5k ± 278
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    1.17k ± 67
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    1.06k ± 301
16.7%
Hispanic Population
2.71k people

In 2024, there were 9.87 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (11.5k people) in Leon County, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.17k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.06k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

16.7% of the people in Leon County, TX are hispanic (2.71k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Leon County, TX as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Texas.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    2,397,739 ± 36,447 people
  2. India
    325,248 ± 13,925 people
  3. El Salvador
    221,729 ± 11,517 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Texas was Mexico, the natal country of 2,397,739 Texas residents, followed by India with 325,248 and El Salvador with 221,729.

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Foreign-Born Population

6.97%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
1.13k people
5.45%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
876 people

As of 2024, 6.97% of Leon County, TX residents (1.13k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Leon County, TX was 5.45%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    328 ± 122
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    305 ± 150
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    265 ± 128

Leon County, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.08 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Leon County, TX employs 6.32k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Leon County, TX were Construction (858 people), Retail Trade (798 people), and Manufacturing (616 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($121,000), Utilities ($94,107), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($87,583).

Employment

Occupations

6.32k
2024 Value
± 586
0.477%
1 Year growth
± 13.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Leon County, TX grew at a rate of 0.477%, from 6.29k employees to 6.32k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Leon County, TX, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (905 people), Management Occupations (855 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (767 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Leon County, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

6.32k
2024 Value
± 586
0.477%
1 Year growth
± 13.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Leon County, TX grew at a rate of 0.477%, from 6.29k employees to 6.32k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Leon County, TX, are Construction (858 people), Retail Trade (798 people), and Manufacturing (616 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Leon County, TX, though some of these residents may live in Leon County, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$52,806
Median earning men ± $5,511
$31,781
Median earning women ± $3,669

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($121,182), Wholesale Trade ($101,250), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($99,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($65,586), Public Administration ($50,846), and Construction ($46,250).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
4.59%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 43
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  2. 31
    Construction
  3. 19
    Retail Trade

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The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $82.7k
    Construction
  2. $75.5k
    Manufacturing
  3. $20.8k
    Utilities

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Leon County, TX. Showing the available data for Texas.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (42.5%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.726%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Leon County, TX was $186,400 in 2024, which is 0.56 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $177,400 to $186,400, a 5.07% increase. The homeownership rate in Leon County, TX is 76.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Leon County, TX have an average commute time of 29.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Leon County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2025, 10.2% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Leon County, TX. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 3.71%.

Housing

Property

$186,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$15,970
$5,162
Median Property Taxes
±$495

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Leon County, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Leon County, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

76.6%
Homeownership
2024
57.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 76.6% of the housing units in Leon County, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 77%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$61,449
Median Household Income
± $5,115
6.74k
Number of Households
± 612

In 2024, the median household income of the 6.74k households in Leon County, TX grew to $61,449 from the previous year's value of $59,975.

The following chart displays the households in Leon County, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Leon County, TX is from Texas.
0.475
2023 Wage GINI in Texas
0.476
2022 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2023, the income inequality in Texas was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.208% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (81.3%)
  2. Carpooled (9.51%)
  3. Worked At Home (5.88%)

In 2024, 81.3% of workers in Leon County, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.51%) and those who worked at home (5.88%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

29.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Leon County, TX have a longer commute time (29.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.24% of the workforce in Leon County, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Leon County, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Leon County, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2025, 10.2% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Leon County, TX. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 3.71%.

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Poverty & Diversity

16.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Leon County, TX (2.65k out of 16.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Leon County, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Children in Poverty

In 2025, 21.2% of the children was living in poverty in Leon County, TX. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 3.7%.

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Security

Crimes & Accidents

Indicator

In 2022, the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population was 111 in Leon County, TX. From 2014 to 2022, the indicator declined 32.4 per 100,000 population.

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Health

82.8% of the population of Leon County, TX has health coverage, with 38.3% on employee plans, 10.1% on Medicaid, 19.7% on Medicare, 12.6% on non-group plans, and 2.17% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Leon County, TX see 0 patients per year on average, which represents a NaNN% change from the previous year (0 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 4052 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 2756 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

0 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Leon County, TX

Primary care physicians in Leon County, TX see an average of 0 patients per year. This represents a NaNN% change from the previous year (0 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Leon County, TX in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 24.3% under 18 years, 15.5% between 18 and 34 years, 35.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 24.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

17.2%
Uninsured
38.3%
Employer Coverage
10.1%
Medicaid
19.7%
Medicare
12.6%
Non-Group
2.17%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Leon County, TX grew by 4.4% from 16.4% to 17.2%.

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Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2025, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 78.5 in Leon County, TX.

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Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2025, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 37.6% in Leon County, TX.

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Clinical Care

Indicator

In 2025, the percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance was 21.8% in Leon County, TX.

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