Round Top, Texas

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Round Top is a town in Fayette County, Texas, United States. The population was 77 at the 2000 census.

Round Top is the home of three visitor-drawing programs:

Roundtop Antiques Fair — Outdoor gathering of antiques dealers drawing enormous crowds each Spring
International Festival — Institute at Round Top - Renown music institute for young musicians and faculty
Shakespeare at Winedale — Shakespeare-in-Performance study program administered by The University of Texas at Austin English Department

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Round Top is located at 30°3′54″N, 96°41′48″W (30.065060, -96.696614)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 77 people, 43 households, and 22 families residing in the town. The population density was 31.0/km² (80.6/mi²). There were 58 housing units at an average density of 23.3/km² (60.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.70% White, 1.30% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.19% of the population.

There were 43 households out of which 9.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.8% were non-families. 44.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 37.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.79 and the average family size was 2.41.

In the town the population was spread out with 10.4% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 25 to 44, 37.7% from 45 to 64, and 40.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58 years. For every 100 females there were 57.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 68.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $43,125, and the median income for a family was $50,625. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $41,875 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,488. There were no families and 4.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 6.1% of those over 64.