Pettus vs Skidmore

A side-by-side comparison of Pettus and Skidmore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Skidmore has the higher population (1,124 vs 589 in Pettus). Pettus has the higher median household income ($68,510 vs $36,503 in Skidmore). Pettus has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $47,700 in Skidmore).

Population, income & housing

	Pettus	Skidmore
Population	589	1,124
Median age	28.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,510	$36,503
Median home value	$140,600	$47,700
Median gross rent	—	$953
Housing units	213	598
Homeownership rate	78.6%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pettus	Skidmore
Population	479 → 589 (+23.0%)	1,360 → 1,124 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$63,864 → $68,510 (+7.3%)	$57,120 → $36,503 (-36.1%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $140,600 (+58.0%)	$57,900 → $47,700 (-17.6%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $677 (+7.8%)	$895 → $953 (+6.5%)

Pettus

Population

479589

Median household income

$63,864$68,510

Median home value

$89,000$140,600

Median gross rent

$628$677

Skidmore

Population

1,3601,124

Median household income

$57,120$36,503

Median home value

$57,900$47,700

Median gross rent

$895$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pettus	Skidmore
Under 5	15.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	27.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	3.8%
55 to 64	2.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.3%
75 and over	7.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pettus	Skidmore
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	10.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.8%	87.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pettus	Skidmore
No high school diploma	19.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	50.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pettus	Skidmore
Drove alone	98.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	1.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pettus	Skidmore
1-unit, detached	73.2%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Pettus	Skidmore
Poverty rate	4.9%	1.0%
Average household size	4.06	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1952	1982