Knippa is home to 844 people in Texas. 27.3% of locals live below the federal poverty line. The typical home is worth $108,200, having roughly tripled since 2000. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. Households here earn about 31% less than in Texas as a whole. 75% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,958, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 82%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Knippa
What changed most since 2000
Median age29.6 → 38.5(+8.9 years)US over the same years: +3.7 years
White share43.0% → 39.6%(−3.5 pts)US over the same years: −11.3 pts
Poverty rate20.0% → 27.3%(+7.3 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Knippa's population equals 3.4% of Uvalde County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.6% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 2.3% of the county's.
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
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)33.3%(11)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)33.3%(11)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era54.5%(18)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 33 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Knippa, decade by decade
Knippa 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
2000
739
$53,511
$59,568
9.9%
63.5
2010
689
$32,033
$85,739
11.1%
60.1
2020
606
$53,953
$136,839
21.7%
65.3
2024
844
$53,958
$108,200
22.4%
61.2
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.
