Holliday vs Megargel

A side-by-side comparison of Holliday and Megargel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holliday has the higher population (1,670 vs 224 in Megargel). Megargel has the higher median household income ($95,066 vs $64,181 in Holliday). Since 2019, Megargel's population has grown faster (+33.3% vs +8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Holliday	Megargel
Population	1,670	224
Median age	33.3 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,181	$95,066
Median home value	$144,800	—
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	675	147
Homeownership rate	78.9%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holliday	Megargel
Population	1,533 → 1,670 (+8.9%)	168 → 224 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$52,647 → $64,181 (+21.9%)	$36,875 → $95,066 (+157.8%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $144,800 (+44.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$833 → $781 (-6.2%)	—

Holliday

Population

1,5331,670

Median household income

$52,647$64,181

Median home value

$100,000$144,800

Median gross rent

$833$781

Megargel

Population

168224

Median household income

$36,875$95,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holliday	Megargel
Under 5	7.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	19.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	2.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	38.4%
65 to 74	4.7%	3.1%
75 and over	4.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holliday	Megargel
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holliday	Megargel
No high school diploma	6.5%	20.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holliday	Megargel
Drove alone	87.9%	63.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	16.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holliday	Megargel
1-unit, detached	78.4%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holliday	Megargel
Poverty rate	15.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1978	1955