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Population (year 2000): 4,735. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,562 (+17.5% change)
Males: 2,028 (42.8%), Females: 2,707 (57.2%)
Burnet County
Zip code:
78611
Median resident age: 36.6 years
Median household income: $27,093 (year 2000)
Median house value: $67,100 (year 2000)
Races in Burnet:
- White Non-Hispanic (74.3%)
- Hispanic (19.0%)
- Other race (7.8%)
- Black (5.3%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (14.0%), Irish (12.8%),
English (12.5%), United States (10.6%), Scotch-Irish (1.9%),
French (1.7%).
Elevation: 1315 feet
Land area: 6.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Burnet
- High school or higher: 67.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
- Unemployed: 5.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Burnet city
- Never married: 19.9%
- Now married: 49.8%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 12.4%
- Divorced: 13.7%
3.9% Foreign born (3.3% Latin America, 0.4%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,274 (+36.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Burnet:
- SETON HIGHLAND LAKES (3201 SOUTH WATER ST PO
BOX 1219)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Burnet:
- ROLLINS BROOK COMMUNITY (about 22 miles; LAMPASAS,
TX)
- LLANO MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (about 31 miles;
LLANO, TX)
- METROPLEX HOSPITAL (about 37 miles; KILLEEN, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Burnet:
- ROBERT GRAY AAF (about 36 miles; FORT HOOD/KILLEEN,
TX; ID: GRK)
- KILLEEN MUNI (about 44 miles; KILLEEN, TX; ID: ILE)
- AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL (about 56 miles; AUSTIN, TX;
ID: AUS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Burnet:
- BURNET MUNI KATE CRADDOCK FIELD (about 2 miles;
BURNET, TX; ID: BMQ)
- SUNRISE BEACH (about 18 miles; SUNRISE BEACH
VILLAGE, TX; ID: 2KL)
- SPICEWOOD (about 22 miles; SPICEWOOD, TX; ID: 88R)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Burnet:
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 38 miles; KILLEEN, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 6,777)
- AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 12,819)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (about 48 miles;
AUSTIN, TX; FT enrollment: 46,503)
- SAINT EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,870)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 56 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles;
SAN MARCOS, TX; FT enrollment: 18,822)
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 65 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,054)
Public high schools in Burnet:
- BURNET H S (Students: 924; Location: 1401 N
MAIN ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- QUEST (Students: 48; Location: 303 N PIERCE
ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Burnet:
- BURNET EL (Students: 736; Location: 608 N
VANDERVEER ST; Grades: PK - 03)
- BURNET MIDDLE (Students: 676; Location: 500 E
GRAVES; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SHADY GROVE EL (Students: 331; Location: 1001
SHADY GROVE RD; Grades: 04 - 05)
Library in Burnet:
- BURNET COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating
income: $468,406; Location: 100 E WASHINGTON ST; 82,681
books; 5,497 audio materials; 4,937 video materials; 122
serial subscriptions)
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