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Population (year 2000): 782. Estimated
population in July 2005: 853 (+9.1% change)
Males: 395 (50.5%), Females: 387 (49.5%)
Lampasas County
Zip code:
76853
Median resident age: 34.4 years
Median household income: $21,923 (year 2000)
Median house value: $36,400 (year 2000)
Races in Lometa:
- White Non-Hispanic (66.8%)
- Hispanic (29.8%)
- Other race (11.5%)
- Black (2.3%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (11.5%), English
(8.2%), Irish (6.1%), German (3.8%), French (1.2%), Scotch-Irish
(1.2%).
Elevation: 1487 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lometa
- High school or higher: 57.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 3.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lometa city
- Never married: 21.3%
- Now married: 55.0%
- Separated: 4.6%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 8.7%
9.0% Foreign born (8.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +157 (+25.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lometa:
- ROLLINS BROOK COMMUNITY (about 18 miles; LAMPASAS,
TX)
- SETON HIGHLAND LAKES (about 32 miles; BURNET, TX)
- HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 37 miles; HAMILTON,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lometa:
- ROBERT GRAY AAF (about 42 miles; FORT HOOD/KILLEEN,
TX; ID: GRK)
- KILLEEN MUNI (about 50 miles; KILLEEN, TX; ID: ILE)
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 69
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lometa:
- LAMPASAS (about 17 miles; LAMPASAS, TX; ID: T28)
- SAN SABA COUNTY MUNI (about 23 miles; SAN SABA, TX;
ID: 81R)
- HAMILTON MUNI (about 35 miles; HAMILTON, TX; ID:
MNZ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lometa:
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 43 miles; KILLEEN, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 6,777)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 64 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,068)
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 73 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,054)
- AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 78 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 12,819)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (about 79 miles;
AUSTIN, TX; FT enrollment: 46,503)
- SAINT EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,870)
Public primary/middle schools in Lometa:
- LOMETA SCHOOL (Students: 322; Location: 8TH &
MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 12)
- CEDAR RIDGE CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 70;
Location: 404 E SENTERFITT; Grades: PK - 12)
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