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Population (year 2000): 3,769. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,813 (+1.2% change)
Males: 1,781 (47.3%), Females: 1,988 (52.7%)
Eastland County
Zip code:
76448
Median resident age: 38.4 years
Median household income: $28,277 (year 2000)
Median house value: $45,400 (year 2000)
Races in Eastland:
- White Non-Hispanic (84.3%)
- Hispanic (12.9%)
- Other race (4.7%)
- Black (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (14.9%), Irish
(11.7%), English (8.4%), German (6.8%), French (2.6%), Scottish
(1.5%).
Land area: 2.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Eastland
- High school or higher: 70.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 4.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 13.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Eastland city
- Never married: 15.6%
- Now married: 64.8%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 10.3%
7.3% Foreign born (7.3% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -7 (-0.2%).
Hospital/medical center in Eastland:
- EASTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (304 S DAUGHERTY
BOX 897)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Eastland:
- DELEON HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; DE LEON, TX)
- COMANCHE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 37 miles;
COMANCHE, TX)
- HARRIS METHODIST ERATH COUNTY (about 44 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Eastland:
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 59 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 72 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- FORT WORTH NAS JRB/CARSWELL FIELD (about 100 miles;
FORT WORTH, TX; ID: NFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Eastland:
- EASTLAND MUNI (about 2 miles; EASTLAND, TX; ID: ETN)
- RANGER MUNI (about 12 miles; RANGER, TX; ID: F23)
- CISCO MUNI (about 13 miles; CISCO, TX; ID: 3F2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Eastland:
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,068)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles; Abilene,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 103 miles;
WICHITA FALLS, TX; FT enrollment: 4,619)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 106 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 109 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
- SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 109
miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
Public high school in Eastland:
- EASTLAND H S (Students: 367; Location: 900 W
PLUMMER; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Eastland:
- SIEBERT EL (Students: 543; Location: 900 W
PLUMMER; Grades: PK - 05)
- EASTLAND MIDDLE (Students: 278; Location: 900
W PLUMMER; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Eastland:
- CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating
income: $15,860; Location: 210 S LAMAR ST; 16,200 books;
824 audio materials; 123 video materials; 3 serial
subscriptions)
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