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Ben Wheeler CDP, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Ben Wheeler CDP is a Census CDP of 1,792 people across 3.00 square miles of land, in Van Zandt County. Median household income is $120,523, 66.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Ben Wheeler
What Ben Wheeler is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land597 plus or minus 294
- County holding the largest share of its areaVan Zandt County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ben Wheeler
How many people live in Ben Wheeler
- Population1,792 plus or minus 883
- Median age29.7 plus or minus 6.0
- Population under 18370 plus or minus 282
- Share under 1820.6 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Population 65 and over278 plus or minus 175
- Share 65 and over15.5 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Households421 plus or minus 233
- Family households319 plus or minus 217
- Share of households that are families75.8 percent plus or minus 30.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ben Wheeler
Income and work in Ben Wheeler
- Median household income$120,523 plus or minus $57,999
- Per capita income$35,775 plus or minus $18,008
- Civilian labor force691 plus or minus 319
- Employed691 plus or minus 319
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,401 plus or minus 793
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.8 percent plus or minus 60.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ben Wheeler
Housing in Ben Wheeler
- Housing units421 plus or minus 233
- Occupied units421 plus or minus 233
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied280 plus or minus 187
- Renter occupied141 plus or minus 130
- Ownership rate66.5 percent plus or minus 24.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$268,400
- Single family units319 plus or minus 224
- Share single family75.8 percent plus or minus 32.6
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes102 plus or minus 107
- Median year structure built2003
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ben Wheeler
How Ben Wheeler gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute522 plus or minus 274
- Commuting under 15 minutes35 plus or minus 45
- Share commuting under 15 minutes6.7 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more391 plus or minus 211
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more74.9 percent
- Drove alone62.3 percent plus or minus 48.4
- Carpooled29.6 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home8.1 percent plus or minus 13.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ben Wheeler
SBA 504 lending to Ben Wheeler borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$525,000
- Average approval$525,000
- Median approval$525,000
- Largest approval$525,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Van Zandt County, not Ben Wheeler
Van Zandt County context, not Ben Wheeler figures
These are Van Zandt County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ben Wheeler measurements.
- Establishments in Van Zandt County1,007
- Employment at those establishments, Van Zandt County9,632
- Covered employment, Van Zandt County12,815
- Average annual pay, Van Zandt County$45,624
- Average weekly wage, Van Zandt County$877
- Housing units permitted, Van Zandt County100
- Of those, single family, Van Zandt County94
- County product, 2024, Van Zandt County$1,935,400,000
- County product change over the prior year, Van Zandt County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Van Zandt County$76,015
Every figure in this section is published for Van Zandt County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ben Wheeler. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ben Wheeler questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ben Wheeler, Texas?
1,792, in 421 households. Ben Wheeler CDP covers 3.00 square miles of land, which is 597 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ben Wheeler in?
Van Zandt County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ben Wheeler?
$120,523. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $268,400. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Ben Wheeler figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Van Zandt County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ben Wheeler.
Is zoning published for Ben Wheeler?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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