Zapata’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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 17.73 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 citizens of Zapata are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.96% of adults in Zapata have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Zapata in 2022 was $21,739, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,956 for a family of four. However, Zapata contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 92.68% 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, Polish, Irish, and Other Subsaharan African.
Zapata also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.88%.
The most common language spoken in Zapata is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
