Cactus is home to 3,091 people in Texas. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 3% of adults. The foreign-born share is 63%. 33% of homes are owner-occupied. This skews young, with a median age of 30.5. The typical home is worth $82,200, having more than tripled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $45,346, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
3% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 107%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cactus
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share93.7% → 80.8%(−12.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Population1,529 → 3,091(+102%)US over the same years: +35%
Black share0.0% → 11.1%(+11.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Cactus, decade by decade
Cactus population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,529
$46,554
$49,441
0.0%
15.0
2000
2,538
$46,654
$39,712
1.4%
9.4
2010
3,179
$47,614
$48,768
6.7%
51.6
2020
3,057
$39,196
$62,299
0.8%
56.7
2024
3,091
$45,346
$82,200
2.7%
41.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
