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Population (year 2000): 5,340. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,297 (+36.6% change)
Males: 2,629 (49.2%), Females: 2,711 (50.8%)
Bastrop County
Zip code:
78602
Median resident age: 36.3 years
Median household income: $40,212 (year 2000)
Median house value: $103,300 (year 2000)
Races in Bastrop:
- White Non-Hispanic (62.8%)
- Hispanic (17.8%)
- Black (17.0%)
- Other race (7.0%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- American Indian (1.3%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (15.9%), English (9.4%),
Irish (7.4%), United States (4.9%), Scotch-Irish (4.5%), Arab
(1.8%).
Land area: 7.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bastrop
- High school or higher: 80.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.9%
- Unemployed: 2.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bastrop city
- Never married: 21.3%
- Now married: 56.2%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 8.7%
- Divorced: 11.0%
3.5% Foreign born (1.9% Latin America, 0.9%
Europe, 0.7% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,190 (+28.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bastrop:
- SMITHVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
SMITHVILLE, TX)
- SUMMIT INSTITUTE OF AUSTIN INC (about 29 miles;
AUSTIN, TX)
- AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; AUSTIN, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bastrop:
- AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL (about 25 miles; AUSTIN, TX;
ID: AUS)
- KILLEEN MUNI (about 72 miles; KILLEEN, TX; ID: ILE)
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 72
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bastrop:
- SMITHVILLE CRAWFORD MUNI (about 13 miles;
SMITHVILLE, TX; ID: 84R)
- GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY (about 25 miles; GIDDINGS, TX;
ID: 62H)
- BIRD'S NEST (about 26 miles; AUSTIN, TX; ID: 6R4)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bastrop:
- AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 12,819)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (about 32 miles;
AUSTIN, TX; FT enrollment: 46,503)
- SAINT EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,870)
- SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles;
SAN MARCOS, TX; FT enrollment: 18,822)
- BLINN COLLEGE (about 64 miles; BRENHAM, TX; FT
enrollment: 8,448)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 68 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 68 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,054)
Public high schools in Bastrop:
- BASTROP H S (Students: 2,042; Location: 1614
CHAMBERS ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- GENESIS H S (Students: 58; Location: 1200
CEDAR ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Bastrop:
- BASTROP NAZARENE CHRISTIAN SCH (Students:
100; Location: ROUTE 3 BOX 265J; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Bastrop:
- EMILE ELEMENTARY (Students: 821; Location:
1500 EMILE ST; Grades: PK - 06)
- MINA ELEMENTARY (Students: 802; Location:
1203 HILL ST; Grades: PK - 04)
- BASTROP MIDDLE (Students: 646; Location: 709
OLD AUSTIN HWY; Grades: 07 - 08)
- BASTROP INTERMEDIATE (Students: 606;
Location: 509 OLD AUSTIN HWY; Grades: 05 - 06)
- GATEWAY SCH (Students: 49; Location: 1019
LOVERS LN; Grades: 06 - 12)
- BASTROP COUNTY JUVENILE BOOT CAMP (Location:
599 COOL WATER DR; Grades: 04 - 12)
Library in Bastrop:
- BASTROP PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$252,695; Location: 1100 CHURCH ST; 24,938 books; 1,512
audio materials; 915 video materials; 96 serial
subscriptions)
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