Travis County (rural)

Travis County · tract 48453045900 · pop 14,151

Bucket placement

BucketRankScore (0–100)
Hispanic plants #1 100
Hispanic ministry expansion #6 98
Black plants #3 99

Demographic profile

MetricValue
Total population (2023)14,151
5-year change (2018→2023)+12,388 (702.7%)
Hispanic population8,638 (61.0%)
Hispanic +5yr+7,800 (931.1%)
Black population1,797 (12.7%)
Black +5yr+1,460 (433.9%)
Median household income$94,947
Distance to nearest Hispanic anchor14.2 mi (Emmanuel UMC (Austin))
Distance to nearest UMC2.8 mi

Reading the rank

Ranks #1 for Hispanic plant priority — Travis County (rural) gained 7,800 Hispanic residents over five years and sits 14.2 mi from the nearest Hispanic anchor (Emmanuel UMC (Austin)), past the immediate halo of any existing Hispanic-led congregation. Ranks #6 for Hispanic ministry expansion — same Hispanic-growth signal as the plant bucket, but 14.2 mi from Emmanuel UMC (Austin) means a new plant would compete with a congregation already on the ground. Expansion of the existing ministry is the higher-leverage move. Ranks #3 for Black plant priority — Travis County (rural) gained 1,460 Black residents over five years. Lens C uses no anchor distance for this bucket because the legacy footprint of the 11 Black UMCs (concentrated in Freedman's-era settlements) doesn't track where the Black population is growing today.

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