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Population (year 2000): 1,833. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,049 (+11.8% change)
Males: 764 (41.7%), Females: 1,069 (58.3%)
Zip code:
76692
Median resident age: 39.5 years
Median household income: $25,174 (year 2000)
Median house value: $54,000 (year 2000)
Races in Whitney:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.4%)
- Hispanic (9.3%)
- Black (7.1%)
- Other race (2.7%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (23.5%), Irish (7.6%),
English (6.3%), German (5.3%), French (1.4%), Italian (1.1%).
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Whitney
- High school or higher: 63.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 7.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Whitney town
- Never married: 17.3%
- Now married: 54.0%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 12.9%
- Divorced: 13.0%
4.0% Foreign born (3.3% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +190 (+11.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Whitney:
- LAKE WHITNEY MEDICAL CENTER (200 N SAN
JACINTO ST BOX 458)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Whitney:
- HILL REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; HILLSBORO,
TX)
- GOODALL WITCHER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (about 18
miles; CLIFTON, TX)
- HILLCREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 27 miles;
WACO, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Whitney:
- WACO REGIONAL (about 26 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 56
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
- FORT WORTH NAS JRB/CARSWELL FIELD (about 57 miles;
FORT WORTH, TX; ID: NFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Whitney:
- LAKE WHITNEY STATE PARK (about 4 miles; WHITNEY, TX;
ID: F50)
- HILLSBORO MUNI (about 19 miles; HILLSBORO, TX; ID:
5T5)
- CLIFTON MUNICIPAL/ISENHOWER FIELD (about 20 miles;
CLIFTON, TX; ID: 7F7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Whitney:
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; WACO,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 3,658)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 29 miles;
WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; WACO, TX; FT
enrollment: 13,183)
- TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,403)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON (about 55
miles; ARLINGTON, TX; FT enrollment: 15,467)
- TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; FT WORTH,
TX; FT enrollment: 15,454)
- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; FT
WORTH, TX; FT enrollment: 7,032)
Public high school in Whitney:
- WHITNEY H S (Students: 447; Location: 305 S
SAN JACINTO ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Whitney:
- WHITNEY EL (Students: 399; Location: 305 S
SAN JACINTO ST; Grades: PK - 02)
- WHITNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 356;
Location: 305 S SAN JACINTO ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WHITNEY INT (Students: 346; Location: 305 S
SAN JACINTO ST; Grades: 03 - 05)
Library in Whitney:
- LAKE WHITNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $46,084; Location: 106 N COLORADO; 11,375 books;
373 audio materials; 594 video materials; 2 serial
subscriptions)
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