Archer City vs Windthorst

A side-by-side comparison of Archer City and Windthorst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Archer City has the higher population (1,453 vs 397 in Windthorst). Archer City has the higher median household income ($58,607 vs $53,750 in Windthorst). Windthorst has the higher median home value ($197,500 vs $125,600 in Archer City).

Population, income & housing

	Archer City	Windthorst
Population	1,453	397
Median age	43.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,607	$53,750
Median home value	$125,600	$197,500
Median gross rent	$496	—
Housing units	749	160
Homeownership rate	78.5%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archer City	Windthorst
Population	1,838 → 1,453 (-20.9%)	308 → 397 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$39,583 → $58,607 (+48.1%)	$52,292 → $53,750 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$74,200 → $125,600 (+69.3%)	$101,800 → $197,500 (+94.0%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $496 (-11.6%)	$575 → $900 (+56.5%)

Archer City

Population

1,8381,453

Median household income

$39,583$58,607

Median home value

$74,200$125,600

Median gross rent

$561$496

Windthorst

Population

308397

Median household income

$52,292$53,750

Median home value

$101,800$197,500

Median gross rent

$575$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archer City	Windthorst
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.1%
75 and over	8.7%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archer City	Windthorst
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	50.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	48.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archer City	Windthorst
No high school diploma	11.1%	17.9%
High school graduate	44.7%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archer City	Windthorst
Drove alone	92.5%	97.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archer City	Windthorst
1-unit, detached	83.7%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Archer City	Windthorst
Poverty rate	19.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.24	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1964	1979