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Population (year 2000): 391. Estimated
population in July 2005: 371 (-5.1% change)
Males: 176 (45.0%), Females: 215 (55.0%)
Ward County
Zip code:
79742
Median resident age: 33.8 years
Median household income: $19,583 (year 2000)
Median house value: $18,200 (year 2000)
Races in Grandfalls:
- Hispanic (49.9%)
- White Non-Hispanic (47.6%)
- Other race (25.3%)
- American Indian (2.3%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (14.3%), Irish
(11.5%), English (7.9%), German (3.1%), French (1.3%).
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Grandfalls
- High school or higher: 60.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 13.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Grandfalls town
- Never married: 23.1%
- Now married: 54.4%
- Separated: 3.8%
- Widowed: 13.6%
- Divorced: 5.1%
8.2% Foreign born (7.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -185 (-32.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Grandfalls:
- WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; MONAHANS,
TX)
- PECOS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; FORT
STOCKTON, TX)
- CRANE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; CRANE, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Grandfalls:
- MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL (about 61 miles; MIDLAND, TX;
ID: MAF)
- LEA COUNTY RGNL (about 96 miles; HOBBS, NM; ID: HOB)
- CAVERN CITY AIR TRML (about 119 miles; CARLSBAD, NM;
ID: CNM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Grandfalls:
- ROY HURD MEMORIAL (about 16 miles; MONAHANS, TX; ID:
E01)
- FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY (about 31 miles; FORT
STOCKTON, TX; ID: FST)
- CRANE COUNTY (about 36 miles; CRANE, TX; ID: E13)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Grandfalls:
- ODESSA COLLEGE (about 46 miles; ODESSA, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,555)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 72 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
- SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; ALPINE,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 150 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
- SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE (about 159 miles; LEVELLAND,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,851)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 172 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 198
miles; PORTALES, NM; FT enrollment: 2,955)
Public primary/middle school in Grandfalls:
- GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL (Students: 109;
Location: 108 AVE C; Grades: PK - 12)
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