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Population (year 2000): 402. Estimated
population in July 2005: 404 (+0.5% change)
Males: 204 (50.7%), Females: 198 (49.3%)
Brown County
Zip code:
76432
Median resident age: 39.2 years
Median household income: $34,375 (year 2000)
Median house value: $36,000 (year 2000)
Races in Blanket:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.3%)
- Hispanic (9.2%)
- Other race (3.7%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Black (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (18.4%), German
(14.2%), Irish (8.5%), English (3.7%), Scottish (3.2%), Italian
(2.5%).
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Blanket
- High school or higher: 79.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
- Unemployed: 3.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Blanket town
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 57.3%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 8.5%
- Divorced: 15.5%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +22 (+5.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Blanket:
- COMANCHE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
COMANCHE, TX)
- BROWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles;
BROWNWOOD, TX)
- DELEON HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; DE LEON, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Blanket:
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 73 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 84 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- ROBERT GRAY AAF (about 86 miles; FORT HOOD/KILLEEN,
TX; ID: GRK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blanket:
- BROWNWOOD RGNL (about 12 miles; BROWNWOOD, TX; ID:
BWD)
- COMANCHE COUNTY-CITY (about 15 miles; COMANCHE, TX;
ID: 7F9)
- DE LEON MUNI (about 26 miles; DE LEON, TX; ID: 04F)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Blanket:
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,068)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; Abilene,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 86 miles; KILLEEN, TX;
FT enrollment: 6,777)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 104 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 111 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,054)
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 113 miles; WACO,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
Public high schools in Blanket:
- BLANKET H S (Students: 77; Location: 901 AVE
H; Grades: 09 - 12)
- EARLY SPECIAL PROGRAM (Students: 3; Location:
901 AVE H; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Blanket:
- BLANKET EL (Students: 132; Location: 901 AVE
H; Grades: PK - 08)
- EARLY SPECIAL PROGRAM (Students: 8; Location:
901 AVE H; Grades: PK - 08)
- BANGS SPECIAL PROGRAM (Location: 901 AVE H;
Grades: N - N )
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