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Population (year 2000): 3,496. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,855 (+10.3% change)
Males: 1,591 (45.5%), Females: 1,905 (54.5%)
Van Zandt County
Zip code:
75169
Median resident age: 35.3 years
Median household income: $29,591 (year 2000)
Median house value: $58,300 (year 2000)
Races in Wills Point:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.0%)
- Black (13.1%)
- Hispanic (10.9%)
- Other race (4.5%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (16.7%), English
(10.2%), Irish (8.4%), German (4.9%), French (2.4%), Scottish
(2.1%).
Land area: 3.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wills Point
- High school or higher: 69.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
- Unemployed: 7.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wills Point city
- Never married: 17.7%
- Now married: 53.4%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 12.2%
- Divorced: 14.5%
4.3% Foreign born (4.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +326 (+10.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wills Point:
- MEDICAL CENTER AT TERRELL (about 20 miles; TERRELL,
TX)
- TERRELL STATE HOSP (about 20 miles; TERRELL, TX)
- COZBY GERMANY HOSPIAL (about 21 miles; GRAND SALINE,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wills Point:
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 49 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- DALLAS LOVE FIELD (about 59 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID:
DAL)
- DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL (about 73 miles;
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX; ID: DFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wills Point:
- WILLS POINT MUNI (about 4 miles; WILLS POINT, TX;
ID: 76F)
- CANTON-HACKNEY (about 14 miles; CANTON, TX; ID: 7F5)
- TAYLOR (about 18 miles; QUINLAN, TX; ID: T14)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wills Point:
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE (about 37 miles;
COMMERCE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,998)
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles;
ATHENS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,858)
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 43 miles; TYLER, TX; FT
enrollment: 5,872)
- EASTFIELD COLLEGE (about 45 miles; MESQUITE, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,457)
- RICHLAND COLLEGE (about 53 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT
enrollment: 7,352)
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 53 miles; CORSICANA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,842)
- SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles;
DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 8,231)
Public high school in Wills Point:
- WILLS POINT H S (Students: 777; Location:
1800 W S COMMERCE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Wills Point:
- WILLS POINT INT (Students: 567; Location: 307
WINGO WAY; Grades: 02 - 04)
- WILLS POINT PRI (Students: 499; Location: 447
TER DR; Grades: PK - 01)
- WILLS POINT J H (Students: 438; Location: 200
TIGER DR; Grades: 07 - 08)
- WILLS POINT MIDDLE (Students: 430; Location:
101 SCHOOL ST; Grades: 05 - 06)
Library in Wills Point:
- WILLS POINT HIGH SCHOOL/WINGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
(Operating income: $129,386; Location: 1800 W SOUTH
COMMERCE ST; 12,769 books; 300 audio materials; 720
video materials; 400 serial subscriptions)
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