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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Zapata spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.73 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
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.
