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Demographics

People

Total Population	612
Male Share of the Population	54.2%
Female Share of the Population	45.8%
Senior Citizens	14.5%
Employed Population 16+	257
Age of the Population	32

Families

% of people married	39.4%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	14.9%
Median Earnings25+	$32,583
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$16,875
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$40,375

Wealth

Median Family Income	$51,083
% Above Poverty Level	82.4%
% Below Poverty Level	17.6%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	7.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.1%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	33.5%
Median Gross Rent	$719
Median House Value	$71,300

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	28.6%
German	17.2%
Irish	12.7%
English	9%
French Except Basque	5.6%
Scottish	3.1%
Austrian	2.5%
Polish	1.6%
Dutch	1.1%
West Indian	1.1%
Welsh	1%
Norwegian	0.8%
Italian	0.5%
Czech	0.3%
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Happy Almanac

Category	Value
County	Swisher County
Standard Zip Codes	79042
Phone Area Codes	806
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	34.74
Approximate Longitude	-101.85

Happy Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	TULIA
Distance	15.4 miles
Jan Temp	22 to 50 F
Apr Temp	40 to 72 F
Jul Temp	64 to 91 F
Oct Temp	44 to 74 F
Annual Precip	20.7 inches

Station	DIMMITT 2 N
Distance	28.1 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 49 F
Apr Temp	37 to 71 F
Jul Temp	62 to 90 F
Oct Temp	41 to 71 F
Annual Precip	19.7 inches

Station	HEREFORD
Distance	31.4 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 50 F
Apr Temp	39 to 72 F
Jul Temp	64 to 92 F
Oct Temp	43 to 73 F
Annual Precip	18.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Canyon	15,182	$84,676
Nazareth	300	$63,250
Tulia	4,706	$34,212

Happy Public Schools

Happy El
400 N W 3rd
ZIP: 79042
(806) 558-2561
Primary
Total Enrollment 140

Happy H S
500 N W 3rd
ZIP: 79042
(806) 558-5311
High
Total Enrollment 119

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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