The population of Matagorda county is estimated at 37,117. In 2017 there were 552 births and 389 deaths in Matagorda county. Matagorda county has 4,014 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,234 that are owned free and clear and 4,646 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Matagorda County filed 15,790 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Matagorda had a combined total federal tax liability of $132,827,000 on earned income of $849,076,000. Other notable statistics from Matagorda County were 1,070 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,433,000 and 2,200 charitable contributions valued at $11,818,000. 2,000 filings from Matagorda County paid a combined total of $7,430,000 in property taxes and 1,310 filings paid $7,402,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Matagorda county had 86 religious congregations with an estimated 22,247 members.
14.7% of the Matagorda population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 32% of Matagorda County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 331 votes.
At $46,801 the median income is 79.1% of the Texas average. An estimated 1,227 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Matagorda, the equivalant of around 7.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Matagorda County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,418	Health care and social assistance
1,241	Retail trade
1,045	Accommodation and food services
949	Food services and drinking places
911	Restaurants and other eating places
513	Manufacturing
491	Ambulatory health care services
459	Limited-service restaurants
350	Chemical manufacturing
329	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
323	Nursing and residential care facilities
323	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
318	Food and beverage stores
282	Other services (except public administration)
246	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.05% in Matagorda County.

In 2018 9.95% of listings in Matagorda County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 77414) dropped their price.

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