Marble Falls, Texas

Burnet County

48-46584

Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County in the U.S. state of Texas in the United States.

Geography

The city is situated on the Colorado River in the central southeast Texas, at the junction of U.S. Highway 281 to the Farm Road 1431, 20 miles south-east of Burnet and about 60 km northeast of Austin and has a total area of 17.4 km ², of which 1, 5 km ² water surface.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 4,959 people in 1,931 households and 1,266 families. The population density was 311.8 inhabitants per km ². The racial the population was composed of 85.80 % White, 2.48 % African American, 0.40 % Native American, 0.42 % Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 8.87 % from other ethnic groups. Approximately 2.00% were of mixed descent, and 22.54 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,931 households, 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.1 % were married couples living together. 14.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4 % were non-families. 29.8 % of all households were single-person households, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.10 persons to.

28.7 % of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 25.9 % 25-44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.2 % who were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females of all ages were 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, 83.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 30,880, and the median income for a family $ 38,382. Males had a median income of $ 30,242 versus $ 18,771 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,059. 16.5 % of the population and 13.9 % of families are below the poverty line. Of which 21.4 % have children under the age of 18 and 12.8 % of those 65 or older.