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Population (year 2000): 399. Estimated
population in July 2005: 443 (+11.0% change)
Males: 202 (50.6%), Females: 197 (49.4%)
Hill County
Zip code:
76627
Median resident age: 31.2 years
Median household income: $31,094 (year 2000)
Median house value: $35,000 (year 2000)
Races in Blum:
- White Non-Hispanic (87.7%)
- Hispanic (8.5%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- Two or more races (2.8%)
- American Indian (2.0%)
- Black (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (15.0%), Irish
(13.0%), English (8.5%), German (8.3%), Polish (2.8%),
Scotch-Irish (2.0%).
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Blum
- High school or higher: 56.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.2%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 35.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Blum town
- Never married: 25.3%
- Now married: 52.6%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 8.7%
- Divorced: 11.5%
2.5% Foreign born (2.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +40 (+11.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Blum:
- LAKE WHITNEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles;
WHITNEY, TX)
- WALLS REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; CLEBURNE,
TX)
- HILL REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; HILLSBORO,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Blum:
- WACO REGIONAL (about 40 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
- FORT WORTH NAS JRB/CARSWELL FIELD (about 43 miles;
FORT WORTH, TX; ID: NFW)
- FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (about 47 miles; FORT WORTH,
TX; ID: FTW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blum:
- CLEBURNE MUNI (about 15 miles; CLEBURNE, TX; ID:
F18)
- LAKE WHITNEY STATE PARK (about 16 miles; WHITNEY,
TX; ID: F50)
- HILLSBORO MUNI (about 22 miles; HILLSBORO, TX; ID:
5T5)
Amtrak station near Blum:
- 15 miles: CLEBURNE (502 E. HENDERSON ST.). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, free short-term
parking.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Blum:
- TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,403)
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; WACO,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 43 miles;
WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON (about 44
miles; ARLINGTON, TX; FT enrollment: 15,467)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
- SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 44
miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
Public primary/middle schools in Blum:
- BLUM H S (Students: 160; Location: 310 S AVE
F; Grades: 06 - 12)
- BLUM EL (Students: 147; Location: 310 S AVE
F; Grades: PK - 05)
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