Goldsmith-Penwell, Texas
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Males: 10,767 | (49.9%) |
Females: 10,806 | (50.1%) |
Median resident age: | 30.3 years |
Texas median age: | 32.3 years |
Zip code: 79764
Goldsmith-Penwell: | $68,399 |
TX: | $72,284 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $25,974 (it was $11,894 in 2000)
Goldsmith-Penwell CCD income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $136,280 (it was $31,700 in 2000)
Goldsmith-Penwell: | $136,280 |
TX: | $275,400 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $235,510; detached houses: $264,845; townhouses or other attached units: $160,488; in 2-unit structures: $153,890; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $114,778; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $164,752; mobile homes: $141,400; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $47,255
Goldsmith-Penwell, TX residents, houses, and apartments details
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Goldsmith-Penwell, TX
- 10,14150.2%Hispanic
- 9,68747.9%White alone
- 1460.7%Two or more races
- 1120.6%Black alone
- 910.5%American Indian alone
- 160.08%Asian alone
- 80.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 20.01%Other race alone
Races in Goldsmith-Penwell detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 660.6 square miles.
Population density: 33 people per square mile (very low).
Goldsmith-Penwell CCD: | 1.8% ($585) |
Texas: | 1.8% ($1,393) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Odessa, TX (10.0 miles , pop. 90,943).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: El Paso, TX (228.5 miles , pop. 563,662).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (291.7 miles , pop. 1,144,646).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 31.86 N, Longitude: 102.54 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 432
Here: | 2.9% |
Texas: | 3.5% |
- Construction (9.8%)
- Mining, quarrying, oil & gas extraction (9.4%)
- Health care (7.7%)
- Accommodation & food services (7.6%)
- Educational services (5.7%)
- Truck transportation (3.9%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (3.5%)
- Mining, quarrying, oil & gas extraction (15.0%)
- Construction (15.0%)
- Truck transportation (6.2%)
- Repair & maintenance (5.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (4.5%)
- Metal & metal products (4.2%)
- Health care (3.4%)
- Health care (13.9%)
- Accommodation & food services (12.2%)
- Educational services (11.8%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (5.2%)
- Food & beverage stores (5.1%)
- Personal & laundry services (4.1%)
- Public administration (4.0%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7.3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5.2%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4.3%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.3%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (4.2%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.1%)
- Extraction workers (3.8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11.1%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8.3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (6.7%)
- Extraction workers (6.3%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.1%)
- Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4.5%)
- Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (3.8%)
- Cashiers (7.8%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (6.6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6.4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.9%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (4.3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4.3%)
Average climate in Goldsmith-Penwell, Texas
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2016 was 60.0. This is better than average.
City: | 60.0 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2016 was 7.16. This is about average. Closest monitor was 11.5 miles away from the city center.
City: | 7.16 |
U.S.: | 8.11 |
Tornado activity:
Goldsmith-Penwell-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 40% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/15/1965, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 26.7 miles away from the Goldsmith-Penwell place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 4/19/1977, a category F3 tornado 35.8 miles away from the place center injured 18 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Goldsmith-Penwell-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Texas state average. It is 303% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 4/14/1995 at 00:32:56, a magnitude 5.7 (5.6 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, Depth: 11.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 120.0 miles away from Goldsmith-Penwell center
On 1/2/1992 at 11:45:35, a magnitude 5.0 (4.6 MB, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 46.6 miles away from Goldsmith-Penwell center
On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML) earthquake occurred 131.2 miles away from the city center
On 3/26/2020 at 15:16:27, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MW, Depth: 5.9 mi) earthquake occurred 89.1 miles away from the city center
On 9/11/2011 at 12:27:44, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 123.7 miles away from the city center
On 3/28/2010 at 00:03:55, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MW, Depth: 2.5 mi) earthquake occurred 121.8 miles away from Goldsmith-Penwell center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Ector County (10) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 2
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Fires: 5, Hurricanes: 3, Flood: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Goldsmith-Penwell:
- MARIAH FLATS (Hospital, about 3 miles away; ODESSA, TX)
- MORRIS HOUSE (Hospital, about 6 miles away; ODESSA, TX)
- SEABURY CENTER NCU (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; ODESSA, TX)
- ST JOSEPHS HOME HEALTH INC (Home Health Center, about 9 miles away; MIDLAND, TX)
- VISTACARE FAMILY HOSPICE (Hospital, about 10 miles away; ODESSA, TX)
- MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Acute Care Hospitals (about 10 miles away; ODESSA, TX)
- LENDRUM CO,THE (Home Health Center, about 10 miles away; ODESSA, TX)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Goldsmith-Penwell:
- Odessa College (about 10 miles; Odessa, TX; Full-time enrollment: 3,107)
- The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (about 13 miles; Odessa, TX; FT enrollment: 2,982)
- Midland College (about 28 miles; Midland, TX; FT enrollment: 3,650)
- Howard College (about 70 miles; Big Spring, TX; FT enrollment: 2,587)
- South Plains College (about 119 miles; Levelland, TX; FT enrollment: 7,007)
- Sul Ross State University (about 123 miles; Alpine, TX; FT enrollment: 2,101)
- Texas Tech University (about 125 miles; Lubbock, TX; FT enrollment: 29,251)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Goldsmith-Penwell: Buffalo Windmill (A), Crater Windmill (B), Three Section Windmill (C), Five Section Windmill (D), Six Section Windmill (E), Alley Oople Windmill (F), Bull Pasture Windmill (G), Bum Windmill (H), C-Bar Ranch (I), Cherry Windmill (J), Clark Brothers Ranch (K), Cole Ranch (L), Collins Windmill (M), Comanche Trails Camp (N), Conger Ranch (O), Cross Windmill (P), Deep Windmill (Q), East Windmill (R), Embar Ranch (S), Flagg Ranch (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Goldsmith-Penwell include: Westside Rock Apostolic Church (A), Church of Christ West University (B), Westover Baptist Church (C), Tabernacle Baptist Church (D), Dunn Street Baptist Church (E), Full Gospel Covenant Church (F), Westridge Church (G), Henderson Heights Church (H), Pacifie Road Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Prairie Dog Lake (A), James Lake (B), Red Lakes (C), Coyote Lake (D), Cheyenne Lake (E), Bum Lake (F), Antelope Lake (G), Embar Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Goldsmith-Penwell include: Kellus Turner Park (1), Westlake Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
This place: | 3.1 people |
Texas: | 2.7 people |
This place: | 71.2% |
Whole state: | 71.5% |
This place: | 4.9% |
Whole state: | 4.4% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
This place: | 19.5% |
Whole state: | 15.4% |
This place: | 6.2% |
Whole state: | 6.7% |
People in group quarters in Goldsmith-Penwell in 2000:
- 17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
For population 15 years and over in Goldsmith-Penwell:
- Never married: 20.3%
- Now married: 64.9%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 4.5%
- Divorced: 10.4%
For population 25 years and over in Goldsmith-Penwell:
- High school or higher: 58.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.3%
- Unemployed: 9.4%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.8 minutes
Here: | 18.5 |
Texas average: | 15.6 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Goldsmith-Penwell, TX (based on Ector County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 43,262 | 129 |
Catholic | 21,600 | 7 |
Mainline Protestant | 4,633 | 16 |
Other | 1,810 | 10 |
Black Protestant | 780 | 4 |
Orthodox | 25 | 1 |
None | 65,020 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Ector County: | 1.16 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.23 / 10,000 pop. |
Texas: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.31 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Ector County: | 4.71 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
Ector County: | 4.95 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 6.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 8.1% |
Texas: | 8.9% |
Here: | 28.6% |
Texas: | 26.6% |
Ector County: | 12.3% |
Texas: | 15.7% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Goldsmith-Penwell:
- KFLB (920 AM; 1 kW; ODESSA, TX; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- KOZA (1230 AM; 1 kW; ODESSA, TX; Owner: MESA ENTERTAINMENT, INC.)
- KCRS (550 AM; 5 kW; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KRIL (1410 AM; 1 kW; ODESSA, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KLBO (1330 AM; 5 kW; MONAHANS, TX; Owner: SANDSHILLS COMMUNICATION, INC.)
- KWEL (1070 AM; daytime; 2 kW; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: FAUSTINO QUIROZ)
- KMND (1510 AM; daytime; 2 kW; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)
- KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KXOI (810 AM; 1 kW; CRANE, TX; Owner: HISPANIC OUTREACH MINISTRIES, INC)
- KERB (600 AM; 1 kW; KERMIT, TX; Owner: LA RADIO CRISTIANA NETWORK, INC.)
- KMUL (1380 AM; 50 kW; MULESHOE, TX; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KJBC (1150 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: LA PROMESA FOUNDATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Goldsmith-Penwell:
- KHKX (99.1 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: ENCORE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- KMRK-FM (96.1 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KLVW (88.7 FM; WEST ODESSA, TX; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- KGEE (99.9 FM; MONAHANS, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KFZX (102.1 FM; GARDENDALE, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KODM (97.9 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KNFM (92.3 FM; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KCRS-FM (103.3 FM; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KQLM (107.9 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: STELLAR MEDIA, INC.)
- KBMM (89.5 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KOCV (91.3 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: ODESSA JR. COLLEGE DISTRICT)
- KFLB-FM (90.5 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KMCM (96.9 FM; ODESSA, TX; Owner: ENCORE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- KCHX (106.7 FM; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KQRX (95.1 FM; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: ENCORE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- K254AQ (98.7 FM; GARDENDALE, TX; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KBAT (93.3 FM; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Goldsmith-Penwell:
- KUPB (Channel 18; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KOSA-TV (Channel 7; ODESSA, TX; Owner: ICA BROADCASTING I, LTD.)
- KMID (Channel 2; MIDLAND, TX; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF MIDLAND-ODESSA, L.L.C.)
- KWES-TV (Channel 9; ODESSA, TX; Owner: MIDESSA TELEVISION COMPANY)
- KPEJ (Channel 24; ODESSA, TX; Owner: COMCORP OF TEXAS LICENSE CORP.)
- KOCV-TV (Channel 36; ODESSA, TX; Owner: ODESSA JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT)
- KTLE-LP (Channel 60; ODESSA, TX; Owner: ADELANTE TELEVISION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KPDN-LP (Channel 27; MONAHANS, TX; Owner: PRIME TIME CHRISTIAN B/CTING, INC.)
- KPXK (Channel 30; ODESSA, TX; Owner: WINSTAR ODESSA, INC)
- KMLM (Channel 42; ODESSA, TX; Owner: PRIME TIME CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- 40.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 38.7%Electricity
- 18.9%Utility gas
- 1.2%Wood
- 0.4%No fuel used
- 0.1%Other fuel
- 0.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 44.0%Electricity
- 32.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 23.1%Utility gas
- 0.6%Other fuel
Goldsmith-Penwell compared to Texas state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Goldsmith-Penwell on our top lists:
- #6 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: extraction workers (population 5,000+)"
- #14 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: extraction workers (population 5,000+)"
- #15 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: driver/sales workers and truck drivers (population 5,000+)"
- #15 on the list of "Top 100 cities with lowest ratio of median house value to median household income (pop. 5,000+)"
- #16 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: driver/sales workers and truck drivers (population 5,000+)"
- #23 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: cashiers (population 5,000+)"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: truck transportation (population 5,000+)"
- #37 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: retail sales workers except cashiers (population 5,000+)"
- #42 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of mobile homes (2,000+ housing units)"
- #42 on the list of "Top 100 low-educated but high-earning cities (pop. 5,000+)"
- #45 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: petroleum and coal products (population 5,000+)"
- #45 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: private households (population 5,000+)"
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: personal and laundry services (population 5,000+)"
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #66 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: health and personal care, except drug, stores (population 5,000+)"
- #77 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: department and other general merchandise stores (population 5,000+)"
- #78 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
- #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
- #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"