Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Zapata is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Zapata spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.98 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Zapata does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Zapata citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.72% of adults 25 and older in Zapata have a college degree.
The per capita income in Zapata in 2022 was $21,153, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,612 for a family of four. However, Zapata contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Zapata also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.26% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Zapata is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Zapata home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Zapata, accounting for 90.39% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Zapata residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Zapata include German, English, Other Subsaharan African, British, and Irish.
Zapata also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.71%.
The most common language spoken in Zapata is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
