Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business	Average Google Rating	Businesses per 1,000 residents
Car parts	11	51.1 years	4.3	1.3
Car repair	35	42.1 years	4.0	4.2
Gas stations	17	39.2 years	3.8	2.0
Beauty salons	28	28.2 years	3.9	3.3
Hairdressers	18	29.9 years	4.4	2.1
Public administration	35	41.6 years	4.2	4.2
Social work	19	35.5 years	4.1	2.3
Atm's	18		4.2	2.1
Banks	22	45.7 years	4.0	2.6
Finance other	17	49.6 years	3.8	2.0
Loan companies	22	46.6 years	3.6	2.6
Convenience stores	17	36.3 years	3.7	2.0
Grocery stores and supermarkets	30	28.9 years	4.2	3.6
Apartments	12	40.9 years	3.4	1.4
Electrical installation	10	33.6 years	4.7	1.2
General contractors	19	31.6 years	4.7	2.3
Landscaping	11	35 years	3.4	1.3
Real estate	28	38.3 years	3.4	3.3
Hotels and motels	12	29.3 years	3.4	1.4
Other accommodation	14	28.4 years	3.5	1.7
Construction of buildings	11	28.3 years	4.0	1.3
Tractors and farm equipment	10	37.8 years	4.8	1.2
Wholesale of machinery	15	38.9 years	4.0	1.8
Dentists	15	39.4 years	4.9	1.8
Health and medical	132	31.1 years	4.2	15.7
Physicians and surgeons	56	33.6 years	2.7	6.7
Physiotherapy	10	32.4 years	4.8	1.2
Accountants	16	39.4 years	4.0	1.9
Corporate management	11	34.1 years	3.8	1.3
Lawyers legal	18	38 years	4.3	2.1
Scientific and technical services	11	27.9 years	5.0	1.3
Churches	45	41.9 years	4.8	5.4
Second hand stores	10	27.4 years	4.6	1.2
Shopping other	27	30.9 years	4.3	3.2

Area of Wharton, Texas	7.22 sq mi
Population	8,401
Male Population	4,075 (48.5%)
Female Population	4,326 (51.5%)
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+182%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	-1.2%
Median Age	36.3
Male Median Age	33.6
Female Median Age	38.8
Area Codes	409, 979
Neighborhoods	Wharton
Local Time	Wednesday 10:33 PM
Timezone	Central Daylight Time
Lat & Lng	29.31164° / -96.10274°
Zip Codes	77488

Wharton, Texas - Map

Wharton, Texas Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	2,979	5,719	8,505	8,401
Population Density	412.6 / mi²	792.1 / mi²	1,177 / mi²	1,163 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Wharton, Texas Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 1.2% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Wharton, Texas	+182%	+46.9%	-1.2%
Texas	+111%	+60.8%	+31.3%
United States	+46.9%	+27.2%	+13.7%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Wharton, Texas Median Age

Median Age: 36.3 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Wharton, Texas	36.3 years	38.8 years	33.6 years
Texas	33.8 years	34.8 years	32.8 years
United States	37.4 years	38.7 years	36.1 years

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Wharton, Texas Population Tree

Population By Age and Gender

Age	Male	Female	Total
Under 5	319	298	618
5-9	327	272	599
10-14	292	258	550
15-19	323	308	631
20-24	301	281	583
25-29	294	280	574
30-34	253	279	533
35-39	226	247	473
40-44	238	229	468
45-49	242	285	528
50-54	284	293	577
55-59	244	295	540
60-64	229	237	467
65-69	178	195	374
70-74	95	157	253
75-79	100	144	245
80-84	61	128	190
85 Plus	68	138	207

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Wharton, Texas Population Density

Population Density: 1,163 / mi²

Location	Population	Area	Population Density
Wharton, Texas	8,401	7.22 sq mi	1,163 / mi²
Texas	27.5 million	268,597.7 sq mi	102.5 / mi²
United States	321.6 million	3,796,761.2 sq mi	84.7 / mi²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Wharton, Texas Historical Population

Estimated Population from 1860 to 2015

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Business distribution by price for Wharton, Texas

Inexpensive: 67.4%

Moderate: 30.4%

Expensive: 2.2%

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Wharton, Texas CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Wharton, Texas	133,426 tn	15.9 tn	18,479 tons/mi²
Texas	488,896,034 tn	17.8 tn	1,820 tons/mi²
United States	5,664,619,809 tn	17.6 tn	1,491 tons/mi²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Wharton, Texas CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	133,426 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	15.9 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/mi²/year)

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Drought	Low (2)
Flood	High (10)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
3. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date	Time	Magnitude	Distance	Depth	Location	Link
2/19/15	12:31 PM	3.1	83.3 km	5,000 m	3km N of Hallettsville, Texas	usgs.gov

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