Ector County Has Sank in Residential Property Ownership by 0.9%, Since 2000

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Ector County, TX

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, Ector County, Texas decreased in number of dwellings by 3,527, or 7%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Texas increased in total real estate dwellings by 1,819,861, or 18%.

Measured against the US, Ector County has a very low level of vacancy in residential real estate. 4,339, or 8.2%, currently are unoccupied in Ector County, Texas. Of these 4,339 unoccupied units, 11.1% are on the real estate market for sale, while 41.5% are properties that are available for rent.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Ector County have decreased by 0.9%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 32,950 (67.7%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 15,738 (32.3%) units were rented. Ector County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Texas, which reportedly had 36.3% of units rented.

When compared to other counties across the US, Ector County has a very high level of housing units that are minority-owned. 47.8% of properties are owned by minorities in Ector County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Texas 39.6% of homes are owned by minorities.

Native Hawaiian reported being renters the highest percent in Ector County. 80.8% the Native Hawaiian Census group reported to occupy a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Ector County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 6,244 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Ector County, TX

In Ector County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 6,244 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Of the 143 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 89 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 52 industries reported a drop in employment.

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the support activities for mining industry has added the most employment with 2,563 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in support activities for mining makes up 29.6% percent of the total growth in Ector County, Texas between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Support activities for mining (+2563)
2. Utility system construction (+638)
3. Limitedservice eating places (+571)
4. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (+299)
5. Building equipment contractors (+265)

The general medical and surgical hospitals industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 804 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in general medical and surgical hospitals make up 22.8% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Ector County, Texas between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (-804)
2. Traveler accommodation (-483)
3. Employment services (-272)
4. Special food services (-139)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (-135)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).