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Yoakum CountyTX averageUS Census ACS
Population
7,589
Per-capita income
$35,856
Median home value
$183,000
Bachelor's or higher
14%
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Tue Sep 8, 2026 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Oct 13, 2026 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Nov 10, 2026 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Dec 8, 2026 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Jan 12, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Feb 9, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Mar 9, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Apr 13, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue May 11, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Jun 8, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Jul 13, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Tue Aug 10, 2027 · 17:30

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum

Recent meetings

Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 17:30

City Council

808 Hwy 77A South, Yoakum
Tue Aug 11, 2026 · 17:30

General

808 US Highway 77A S, Yoakum
Tue Aug 11, 2026 · 18:00

City Council

City Hall, Yoakum
Fri Aug 7, 2026 · 18:00

General

Thu Aug 6, 2026 · 18:00

General

Fri Jul 31, 2026 · 18:00

General

✓ Decided: City Council meeting held with no substantive decisions recorded

The meeting was called to order and a consent agenda was approved unanimously. No specific actions, votes, or outcomes were recorded for the public hearing or staff reports.

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July 31, 2026 Conference Room - 6:00 PM City Hall REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT: City Clerk Theresa Bowe Deputy City Clerk Reagan Barrera Council Member Michael Brandt Council Member Daniel Driskell Council Member Mitchell Franz Michael Barreau STAFF: Theresa Bowe, Reagan Barrera, Lisa Stevens ABSENT: City Manager Michael Mitchell Mayor Carl O'Neill 1. CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER (In compliance with V.T.C.A., Gov. Code, Sec. 551.041) Random text about the meeting. MAYOR O’Neill called the City Council meeting to order at 5:37 PM. 10. MEETING ADJOURNED THERE being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:39 p.m. 2. INVOCATION – Councilmember Michael Brandt Councilmember Franz gave the invocation. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was recited by all attending. a) Sorry for wasting your time reading this! This paragraph wasn't written to share anything important. It exists solely to demonstrate the **Show Item by Short Name** feature. If you've made it this far, congratulations, you've successfully helped test the demo. Thanks for your unintended participation! 4. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF VISITORS/RECOGNITIONS VISITORS were acknowledged and welcomed. 5. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an item to be re …
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Thu Jul 23, 2026 · 00:00

City Council

Council to hold public hearing on junked vehicle abatement

The Yoakum City Council will meet on July 23, 2026. The main action item is a public hearing to determine whether a junked vehicle constitutes a public nuisance under Chapter 683 of the Texas Transportation Code and possibly order its removal. Other items include adoption of minutes, a staff report on community events and city functions, and a closed executive session.

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400 Van Siclen Ave, Brooklyn
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Carl L. O’Neill, Mayor Tanya Wenzel, Mayor Pro-Tem Michael Brandt, Councilmember Daniel Driskell, Councilmember Mitchell A. Franz, Councilmember CITY OF YOAKUM CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Thursday, July 23, 2026 12:00 AM Yoakum City Hall Conference Room 808 Hwy 77A South, Yoakum, TX. Michael Mitchell, City Manager Kenneth E. Kvinta, City Attorney Theresa A. Bowe, City Clerk Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the City Council of Yoakum, Texas to be held on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM at Yoakum City Hall, 808 Hwy 77A South, Yoakum, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda items are subject to action and public comment. Public comments shall be limited to two (2) minutes per speaker. Visitors shall observe the rules of decorum and courtesy and speak only upon recognition by the Mayor. No abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language or gestures, display of obscene materials, personal attacks on any individual unrelated to a matter of public concern or the manner in which the individual performs that individual’s duties will be permitted, or disruptive behavior that impairs the right of other would-be participants at the meeting. Speakers not following rules of decorum and/or disrupting the meeting will forfeit their remaining time to speak. The City Council reserves the right to convene into closed/executive session on any agenda item in compliance with and allowed by the Open Meetings A …
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Tue Jul 7, 2026 · 18:00

City Council

808 Hwy 77A South, Yoakum
Tue Jul 7, 2026 · 23:56

General

Tue Jul 7, 2026 · 23:56

City Council

Wed Jun 10, 2026 · 18:00

General

Mon Jun 8, 2026 · 18:00

General

🌐 County-level context (Yoakum County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities5 (2024)
Business establishments192 (2,103 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,099/mo (2025)
Adults with low literacy40.3% (low numeracy 50% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

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Permitted housing units

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.484
All kids
0.517

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