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Lake Conroe Demographics Information

Population (year 2000): 36,811, Est. population in July 2002: 39,065 (+4.6% change)
Males: 18,517 (50.3%), Females: 18,294 (49.7%)

County: Montgomery

Land area: 37.8 square miles

Zip codes: 77301..77306, 77385, 77384.

Median resident age: 29.4 years
Median household income: $34,123 (year 2000)
Median house value: $78,500 (year 2000)

Races in Conroe:

White Non-Hispanic (54.5%)
Hispanic (32.6%)
Other race (13.4%)
Black (11.1%)
Two or more races (2.9%)
American Indian (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (9.9%), Irish (7.9%), United States (7.5%), English (6.6%), French (2.7%), Scotch-Irish (1.8%).

For population 25 years and over in Conroe

High school or higher: 66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
Unemployed: 7.0%
Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Conroe city

Never married: 26.1%
Now married: 53.6%
Separated: 3.7%
Widowed: 6.4%
Divorced: 10.2%

22.2% Foreign born (20.5% Latin America).

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: The Woodlands, TX (10.1 miles, pop. 55,649).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Houston, TX (38.6 miles, pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Panorama Village, TX (5.0 miles), Cut and Shoot, TX (6.8 miles), Willis, TX (7.5 miles), Woodloch, TX< (7.6 miles), Shenandoah, TX (9.4 miles), The Woodlands, TX (10.1 miles), Oak Ridge North, TX (10.9 miles), Porter Heights, TX (15.0 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 81 buildings, average cost: $61,500
1997: 54 buildings, average cost: $67,900
1998: 59 buildings, average cost: $80,900
1999: 73 buildings, average cost: $77,700
2000: 44 buildings, average cost: $96,500
2001: 122 buildings, average cost: $98,800
2002: 149 buildings, average cost: $127,700
2003: 413 buildings, average cost: $102,600

Area code: 936

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (15.9%), Retail trade (14.2%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.6%), Construction (10.8%).

Crime in Conroe (2002):

2 murders (5.2 per 100,000)
25 rapes (65.0 per 100,000)
139 robberies (361.5 per 100,000)
187 assaults (486.3 per 100,000)
540 burglaries (1404.4 per 100,000)
1,973 larceny counts (5131.3 per 100,000)
178 auto thefts (462.9 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 603.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)

Crime in Conroe (2001):

2 murders (5.3 per 100,000)
17 rapes (45.2 per 100,000)
96 robberies (255.0 per 100,000)
190 assaults (504.7 per 100,000)
480 burglaries (1275.0 per 100,000)
1,815 larceny counts (4821.2 per 100,000)
182 auto thefts (483.5 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 533.4 (higher means more crime)