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Population (year 2000): 507. Estimated
population in July 2005: 846 (+66.9% change)
Males: 242 (47.7%), Females: 265 (52.3%)
Denton County
Zip code:
76259
Median resident age: 36.8 years
Median household income: $54,107 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,100 (year 2000)
Races in Ponder:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.7%)
- Hispanic (5.5%)
- Other race (2.4%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- Black (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (13.2%), English
(9.3%), German (6.7%), French (3.4%), Irish (2.8%), Italian
(2.4%).
Elevation: 733 feet
Land area: 3.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ponder
- High school or higher: 85.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 4.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ponder town
- Never married: 10.6%
- Now married: 72.6%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 9.5%
5.3% Foreign born (2.8% Asia, 2.6% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +91 (+21.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ponder:
- DENTON HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; DENTON, TX)
- DENTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
DENTON, TX)
- WISE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM (about 20 miles;
DECATUR, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ponder:
- FORT WORTH ALLIANCE (about 14 miles; FORT WORTH, TX;
ID: AFW)
- FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (about 26 miles; FORT WORTH,
TX; ID: FTW)
- DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL (about 27 miles;
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX; ID: DFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ponder:
- PALMER FIELD (about 3 miles; PONDER, TX; ID: 42F)
- DENTON MUNI (about 8 miles; DENTON, TX; ID: DTO)
- IRONHEAD (about 11 miles; SANGER, TX; ID: T58)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ponder:
- TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; DENTON,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 5,746)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (about 12 miles; DENTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 21,673)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
- SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (about 29
miles; FT WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 2,253)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 29 miles;
IRVING, TX; FT enrollment: 2,651)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 30 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- NORTH LAKE COLLEGE (about 30 miles; IRVING, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,554)
Public high school in Ponder:
- PONDER H S (Students: 372; Location: 501
SHAFFNER; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ponder:
- PONDER EL (Students: 459; Location: 501
SHAFFNER; Grades: PK - 06)
- DENTON CO J J A E P (Location: 501 SHAFFNER;
Grades: N - N )
Library in Ponder:
- BETTY FOSTER PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $26,087; Location: 405 SHAFFNER ST; 12,375
books; 450 audio materials; 900 video materials; 5
serial subscriptions)
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