Demographics of Stephenville city, Texas

Stephenville city, Texas had 21,793 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +685 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Stephenville city, in four figures

21,793
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 21,682 ±30.; +3.2%
Change since July 2020: +685 people.; 25.1 ±1.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $53,015 ±$7,404
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Stephenville city, Texas's population grew 3.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Stephenville city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Stephenville city, Texas's population grew 3.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Stephenville city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	21,108	100.0	100.0
2021	21,414	101.4	100.2
2022	21,623	102.4	100.7
2023	22,041	104.4	101.6
2024	21,761	103.1	102.5
2025	21,793	103.2	103.1

Population of Stephenville city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	21,108	—
2021	21,414	+306
2022	21,623	+209
2023	22,041	+418
2024	21,761	−280
2025	21,793	+32

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 25.1 ±1.5: for men 25.5 ±1.9 and for women 24.7 ±2.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Stephenville city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	1,277 ±274	5.9% ±1.3	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,757 ±376	12.7% ±1.7	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	6,786 ±620	31.3% ±2.9	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,460 ±437	25.2% ±2.0	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,989 ±339	13.8% ±1.6	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,413 ±333	11.1% ±1.5	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $53,015 ±$7,404, and income per person $27,593 ±$2,138, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Stephenville city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	2,142 ±383	26.0% ±4.5	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,896 ±358	23.0% ±4.2	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,144 ±291	13.9% ±3.5	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,045 ±240	12.7% ±2.9	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,368 ±298	16.6% ±3.5	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	236 ±116	2.9% ±1.4	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	416 ±147	5.0% ±1.8	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Stephenville city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	3,670 ±459	20.0% ±2.5	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	134 to 528	3.6% to 13.4%	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,847 ±414	24.5% ±3.3	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	492 ±164	17.5% ±5.3	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Stephenville city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Stephenville city	Texas	United States
Housing units	9,095 ±351	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.7% ±2.0	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.3% ±3.1	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	44.3% ±3.9	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	55.7% ±4.9	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$241,300 ±$21,662	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,134 ±$114	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1984 ±4	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Stephenville city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,523 ±429	20.9% ±2.0	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	15,487 ±486	71.4% ±2.2	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	628 ±214	2.9% ±1.0	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	369 ±145	1.7% ±0.7	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	22 to 196	0.1% to 0.9%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 194	0% to 0.9%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	493 ±199	2.3% ±0.9	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Stephenville city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	15,894 ±684	73.3% ±3.2	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,264 ±635	19.7% ±2.9	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	184 to 554	0.8% to 2.6%	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,155 ±343	5.3% ±1.6	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	569 ±152	2.6% ±0.7	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	586 ±284	2.7% ±1.3	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Stephenville city among the places of Texas

153rd of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Stephenville city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Corinth city	23,385 ±39
Watauga city	23,233 ±52
Fate city	22,884 ±34
Ennis city	22,588 ±37
Dickinson city	21,753 ±38
Stephenville city	21,682 ±30
Murphy city	21,188 ±56
Portland city	20,543 ±52
Boerne city	20,518 ±54
Terrell city	20,366 ±36
Alamo city	20,255 ±31

Rankings this appears in

No. 20 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 167 Places in Texas by median home value
No. 170 Places in Texas by median rent
No. 216 Places in Texas by median household income
No. 232 Places in Texas by per capita income
No. 243 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026