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Population (year 2000): 1,433. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,595 (+11.3% change)
Males: 682 (47.6%), Females: 751 (52.4%)
McLennan County
Zip code:
76655
Median resident age: 37.0 years
Median household income: $47,891 (year 2000)
Median house value: $80,500 (year 2000)
Races in Lorena:
- White Non-Hispanic (91.6%)
- Hispanic (5.9%)
- Other race (3.1%)
- Black (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (20.0%), United States
(12.4%), English (10.6%), Irish (10.3%), Scotch-Irish (4.9%),
French (2.3%).
Land area: 3.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lorena
- High school or higher: 88.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.8%
- Unemployed: 0.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lorena city
- Never married: 16.9%
- Now married: 64.1%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 10.6%
2.9% Foreign born (1.7% Latin America, 0.8%
Europe, 0.3% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +173 (+13.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lorena:
- PROVIDENCE HEALTH CENTER (about 10 miles; WACO, TX)
- DE PAUL CENTER (about 13 miles; WACO, TX)
- HILLCREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles;
WACO, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lorena:
- WACO REGIONAL (about 15 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 21
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
- KILLEEN MUNI (about 39 miles; KILLEEN, TX; ID: ILE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lorena:
- MC GREGOR EXECUTIVE (about 10 miles; WACO, TX; ID:
PWG)
- TSTC WACO (about 20 miles; WACO, TX; ID: CNW)
- WINGS FOR CHRIST INTL FLIGHT ACADEMY (about 22
miles; WACO, TX; ID: 73F)
Amtrak station near Lorena:
- 14 miles: MCGREGOR (1 AMTRAK BLVD.). Services: fully
wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for
taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lorena:
- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; WACO, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 13,183)
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 14 miles; WACO,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 18 miles;
WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 22 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,054)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 29 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 45 miles; KILLEEN, TX;
FT enrollment: 6,777)
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 72 miles; CORSICANA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,842)
Public high schools in Lorena:
- LORENA H S (Students: 483; Location: LORENA
ISD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- OPPORTUNITY LEARNING CTR (Students: 13;
Location: LORENA ISD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Lorena:
- LORENA EL (Students: 582; Location: LORENA
ISD; Grades: PK - 04)
- LORENA MIDDLE (Students: 474; Location:
LORENA ISD; Grades: 05 - 08)
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