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Dilley, Texas. Dilley is located sixteen miles from Pearsall in southern Frio County. The community was originally called Darlington, after a local landowner who settled in the area in the mid-1860s. The settlement was established on the International-Great Northern Railroad from San Antonio to Mexico. At the time Darlington had a general store and several dwellings. The community was sometimes called Ford because of a nearby Frio River crossing of an old Spanish trail, known as Rocky Ford.
The name of the community was changed to Dilley in honor of George M. Dilley, an official of the railroad. There is also evidence to suggest that the name may have been derived from that of an early settler in the area named Dillahunty. A Darlington post office had been established in 1885. The post office was named Darlington at least until 1892. By 1896 the community was officially called Dilley and had an estimated population of fifty. By 1900 the community supported two churches and a one-teacher school. In 1906 the school had eighty-seven students and two teachers. Dilley was incorporated in 1912.
By 1914 the town had an Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches, the Dilley State Bank, a weekly newspaper, a cotton gin, seven general stores, and two hotels. Dilley had become a shipping center for cattle, vegetables, and fruit. The town had the county's sole surviving cotton gin sometime in the 1930s.
Sometime in the late 1940s the Dilley Independent School District was consolidated with the Millett School district of La Salle County. In 1965 Dilley was the county's second largest town and a commercial shipping point for peanuts, watermelons, and cattle. Oil exploration in the region was encouraged by a horizontal-drilling technology developed in the late 1980s. Today the population is recorded at 5,312.
Elementary
Dilley Elementary School
(830) 965-1313
245 W Fm 117
Dilley, TX
Middle
Mary Harper Middle School
(830) 965-2195
208 W Curtis St
Dilley, TX
High
Dilley High School
(830) 965-1814
245 W Fm 117
Dilley, TX
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Demographics |
zip code: 78017 |
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State Average |
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| Neighborhood type | Small Town | |||
| Population | 5,312 | 16,345 | 22,118,509 | 290,809,777 |
| Pop. density | 14.0 | 13.4 | 79.6 | 79.6 |
| Percent male | 64.3% | 54.2% | 49.6% | 49.1% |
| Percent female | 35.7% | 45.9% | 50.4% | 50.9% |
| Median age | 32.4 | 34.1 | 34.0 | 36.5 |
| People per household | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Median household income | $22,004 | $22,954 | $39,927 | $41,994 |
| Average income per capita | $21,525 | $10,079 | $19,617 | $21,587 |
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Crime |
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| Violent crime risk index | 2.0 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Property crime risk index | 2.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
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Housing |
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| Median home value | $32,465 | $74,200 | $94,300 | $170,800 |
| Median age of homes | 32.4 | 19.2 | 23.4 | 27.8 |
| Home appreciation | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 7.7% |
| Homes - owned | 52.7% | 62.0% | 57.8% | 63.4% |
| Homes - rented | 25.1% | 21.2% | 32.8% | 21.7% |
| Homes - vacant | 22.2% | 16.8% | 9.4% | 14.8% |
| Commuting by bus | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| Commuting by carpool | 20.4% | 20.8% | 14.5% | 14.6% |
| Commuting by auto | 69.1% | 71.7% | 77.8% | 71.6% |
| Working at home | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 5.6% |
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Family Facts |
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| Currently married | 56.6% | 58.3% | 56.5% | 58.3% |
| Never married | 26.2% | 24.4% | 25.6% | 23.8% |
| Divorced | 6.8% | 6.6% | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| Widowed | 6.6% | 7.0% | 5.7% | 7.4% |
| Separated | 3.9% | 3.8% | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Married - w/ children | 33.2% | 33.3% | 38.1% | 28.5% |
| Married - no children | 25.3% | 28.2% | 37.9% | 31.3% |
| Single - w/ children | 17.0% | 12.3% | 13.8% | 9.3% |
| Single - no children | 24.5% | 26.2% | 10.2% | 30.7% |
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Education |
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| High school graduates | 62.3% | 66.1% | 75.7% | 80.4% |
| College degree - 2 year | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 8.2% |
| College degree - 4 year | 6.5% | 9.2% | 15.6% | 14.9% |
| Graduate degree | 1.6% | 5.7% | 7.6% | 7.0% |
| Expenditures per student | $6,151 | $5,330 | $6,218 | $5,896 |
| Students per teacher | 11.4 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 16.0 |
| Students per librarian | 937 | 1,278 | 995 | 934 |
| Students per guidance counselor | 313 | 1,278 | 995 | 560 |
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Economy |
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| Unemployment rate | 7.0% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 5.7% |
| Recent job growth | 2.7% | -0.6% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Future job growth | 15.9% | -0.6% | 0.9% | 10.5% |
| Sales tax | 8.25% | 7.50% | 7.77% | 5.63% |
| Income tax | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 5.02% |
| Cost of living index | 65.8 | 73.9 | 80.0 | 100.0 |
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Health |
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| Air quality | 77 | 77 | 63 | 48 |
| Watershed quality | 90 | 90 | 71 | 54 |
| Physicians per capita | 55.1 | 55.1 | 81.7 | 168.5 |
| Health cost index | 87.6 | 89.4 | 96.1 | 100.0 |
| Superfund site index | 100 | 99 | 93 | 71 |
| UV index | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
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Climate |
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| Altitude | 550 | 631 | 1,371 | 1,058 |
| Rainfall (inches annually) | 25.7 | 27.3 | 31.3 | 38.8 |
| Snowfall (inches annually) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 24.4 |
| January avg. low temp | 39.9 | 39.5 | 33.0 | 21.6 |
| July avg. high temp | 97.6 | 96.9 | 94.6 | 86.4 |
| Days of precipitation annually | 82 | 82 | 77 | 112 |
| Days mostly sunny annually | 224 | 224 | 235 | 205 |
| Comfort index (during hot weather) | 23 | 23 | 27 | 44 |