Official Name: | Moore, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Frio County Moore.svg |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Frio |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 15.8 |
Area Land Km2: | 15.8 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 610 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 202 |
Elevation Ft: | 663 |
Coordinates: | 29.0656°N -99.0133°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 78057 |
Area Code: | 830 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-49224[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1363092[3] |
Moore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frio County, Texas, United States. Its population was 610 at the 2020 census.
Moore is located in northeastern Frio County at 29.0656°N -99.0133°W (29.065636, -99.013345).[4] Interstate 35 passes through the community, with access from Exit 114. I-35 leads northeast 44miles to downtown San Antonio and southwest 13miles to Pearsall, the Frio County seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP as drawn in 2010 has a total area of 15.8sqkm,[5] down from an area of 31.2sqmi at the 2000 census. All of the CDP area is land.
As of the census of 2020, 279 people lived in the Moore CDP.[6] The population density was 20.6 people per square mile (8.0/km2). The 283 housing units averaged 9.1/sq mi (3.5/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.09% White, 0.47% African American, 1.40% Native American, 0.31% Pacific Islander, 10.09% from other races, and 2.64% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 46.27% of the population.
Of the 248 households, 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were not families. About 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56, and the average family size was 3.02.
In the CDP, the age distribution was 25.6% under 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,063, and for a family was $40,774. Males had a median income of $24,531 versus $28,281 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,975. About 9.9% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.2% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.
Moore is served by the Pearsall Independent School District.