The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Zapata has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Zapata a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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 18.37 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small town, Zapata doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Zapata overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Zapata, 24.16% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Zapata in 2022 was $24,285, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,140 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 32.51% 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 89.22% 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 French Canadian.
In addition, Zapata has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.97%).
The most common language spoken in Zapata is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
