Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBushlandTexasUnited States
English15.6%7.9%9.5%
German15.4%8.3%12.5%
Irish12.6%6.0%9.4%
American9.4%4.6%5.3%
Scottish3.4%1.3%1.3%
Italian1.8%1.9%4.8%
French1.8%1.5%1.6%
Dutch1.1%——
Mexican9.9%32.1%11.3%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Spanish0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bushland
Texas
United States
Median age
35
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
2.9%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.1%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bushland
Texas
United States
Median household income
$146,071
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
1.3%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.9%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bushland
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.9%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
6.9%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bushland
Texas
United States
Catholic
—
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bushland, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−68.5%
2008
−68.3%
2012
−74.9%
2016
−80.4%
2020
−77.1%
2024
−80.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
9.7%Harris149
90.0%Trump1,389
0.4%
R+80.3
R+3.2
R+78.8
1,544
R
10.8%Biden137
87.9%Trump1,118
1.3%
R+77.1
D+3.2
R+81.6
1,272
R
8.3%Clinton80
88.6%Trump857
3.1%
R+80.4
R+5.5
R+82.4
967
R
11.8%Obama84
86.7%Romney617
1.5%
R+74.9
R+6.6
R+78.7
712
R
15.4%Obama110
83.7%McCain596
0.8%
R+68.3
D+0.2
R+75.5
712
R
15.8%Kerry86
84.2%Bush460
0.0%
R+68.5
—
R+66.0
546
Bushland sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 80.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 80.3 points.
A population of 2,779, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $146,071 describe the city.
In 2024, Bushland, Texas voted Republican by 80.3 points (R+80.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,544 votes cast, 149 went Democratic and 1,389 went Republican.
How many people live in Bushland, Texas?
Bushland, Texas has a population of 2,779 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bushland, Texas?
Median household income in Bushland, Texas is $146,071 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Bushland, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bushland, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.