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.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.98 minutes getting to work every day.
Zapata is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Zapata who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.72% of the adults in Zapata have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Zapata's cultural character, accounting for 23.71% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Zapata is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
