The population of Bastrop county is estimated at 82,754. In 2017 there were 1,134 births and 697 deaths in Bastrop county. Bastrop county has 12,722 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,194 that are owned free and clear and 5,924 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Bastrop County filed 36,070 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Texas filings and 0.024% of the entire nation. Bastrop had a combined total federal tax liability of $268,039,000 on earned income of $1,872,696,000. Other notable statistics from Bastrop County were 970 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,658,000 and 5,020 charitable contributions valued at $22,441,000. 6,200 filings from Bastrop County paid a combined total of $30,828,000 in property taxes and 5,410 filings paid $38,066,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Bastrop county had 109 religious congregations with an estimated 29,061 members.
20.3% of the Bastrop population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 34% of Bastrop County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,793 votes.
At $62,992 the median income is 106.4% of the Texas average. An estimated 1,415 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Bastrop, the equivalant of around 3.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Bastrop County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,462	Retail trade
2,273	Accommodation and food services
1,983	Health care and social assistance
1,435	Restaurants and other eating places
990	Manufacturing
831	Limited-service restaurants
558	Full-service restaurants
479	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
439	Ambulatory health care services
427	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
416	Professional, scientific, and technical services
372	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
352	Finance and insurance
340	Transportation and warehousing
333	Building material and supplies dealers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.61% in Bastrop County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 78602 and 78621).

In 2018 16.88% of listings in Bastrop County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 78621, 78957 and 78602) dropped their price.

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