Harker Heights, Texas demographics

Harker Heights, TX demographics: median age 33.0; 30.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Harker Heights city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4832312. The survey estimates a population of 34,128 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Harker Heights is 33.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.1 years. There are 12,469 households (±582). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	33.0 ±2.1	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,128
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	10,100 ±966	29.6% ±2.8 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	7,620 ±942	22.3% ±2.8 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	12,944 ±1,068	37.9% ±3.1 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	3,464 ±433	10.2% ±1.3 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,128
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	16,874 ±733	49.4% ±2.1 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	17,254 ±728	50.6% ±2.1 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,128
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	14,795 ±1,302	43.4% ±3.8 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	9,671 ±1,286	28.3% ±3.8 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	537 ±271 · low precision	1.6% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,154 ±361	3.4% ±1.1 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	903 ±698 · low precision	2.6% ±2.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,391 ±420	4.1% ±1.2 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	5,677 ±1,025	16.6% ±3.0 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,128
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,457 ±1,059	80.5% ±3.1 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6,671 ±1,066	19.5% ±3.1 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,469
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,845 ±462	46.9% ±3.0 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	518 ±170	4.2% ±1.3 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,601 ±495	20.9% ±3.8 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,187 ±654	25.6% ±5.1 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	318 ±139	2.6% ±1.1 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,469
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,647 ±547	45.3% ±3.8 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,822 ±826	54.7% ±6.1 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,469
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,187 ±654	25.6% ±5.1 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,879 ±535	31.1% ±4.0 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,102 ±381	16.9% ±3.0 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,807 ±457	14.5% ±3.6 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,064 ±385	8.5% ±3.1 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	219 ±114 · low precision	1.8% ±0.9 pp · low precision	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	211 ±115 · low precision	1.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 34,128
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	30,864 ±688	90.4% ±2.0 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	3,264 ±693	9.6% ±2.0 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 32,038
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	26,275 ±1,081	82.0% ±3.2 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	3,109 ±644	9.7% ±2.0 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	743 ±614 · low precision	2.3% ±1.9 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	334 ±176 · low precision	1.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	46 ±73 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	126 ±139 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	235 ±128 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	77 ±77 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	96 ±101 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	311 ±157 · low precision	1.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	388 ±302 · low precision	1.2% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	102 ±140 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	196 ±127 · low precision	0.6% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 21,334
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,492 ±430	7.0% ±2.0 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,776 ±757	22.4% ±3.5 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	6,027 ±696	28.3% ±3.1 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,604 ±587	12.2% ±2.7 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,218 ±693	19.8% ±3.2 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,217 ±427	10.4% ±2.0 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 33,749
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	28,868 ±1,021	85.5% ±3.0 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,393 ±686	7.1% ±2.0 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	773 ±425 · low precision	2.3% ±1.3 pp · low precision	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,518 ±679	4.5% ±2.0 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	197 ±150 · low precision	0.6% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

11.3% of Harker Heights residents (±2.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 93.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Harker Heights	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	11.3% ±2.7 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.5% ±2.1 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	27.3% ±2.7 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

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