Neches vs Palestine

A side-by-side comparison of Neches and Palestine: population, income, housing, and more.

Neches and Palestine are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palestine has the higher population (18,888 vs 214 in Neches). Neches has the higher median household income ($79,667 vs $46,228 in Palestine). Since 2019, Neches's population has grown faster (+10.9% vs +5.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Neches	Palestine
Population	214	18,888
Median age	43.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,667	$46,228
Median home value	—	$153,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,032
Housing units	74	7,891
Homeownership rate	89.2%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	20.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neches	Palestine
Population	193 → 214 (+10.9%)	17,989 → 18,888 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$73,500 → $79,667 (+8.4%)	$37,868 → $46,228 (+22.1%)
Median home value	—	$99,400 → $153,400 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$774 → $1,032 (+33.3%)

Neches

Population

193214

Median household income

$73,500$79,667

Palestine

Population

17,98918,888

Median household income

$37,868$46,228

Median home value

$99,400$153,400

Median gross rent

$774$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neches	Palestine
Under 5	10.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	38.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	5.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	3.3%	8.8%
75 and over	0.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neches	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	45.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neches	Palestine
No high school diploma	17.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neches	Palestine
Drove alone	87.2%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neches	Palestine
1-unit, detached	89.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Neches	Palestine
Poverty rate	10.3%	17.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	47	23
Median year structure built	1992	1976