Pendleton vs Salado

A side-by-side comparison of Pendleton and Salado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salado has the higher population (2,292 vs 689 in Pendleton). Salado has the higher median home value ($395,400 vs $268,400 in Pendleton). Since 2019, Pendleton's population has grown faster (-5.5% vs -23.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Pendleton	Salado
Population	689	2,292
Median age	58.2 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$103,500
Median home value	$268,400	$395,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,181
Housing units	360	992
Homeownership rate	64.4%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pendleton	Salado
Population	729 → 689 (-5.5%)	3,002 → 2,292 (-23.7%)
Median household income	—	$77,500 → $103,500 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $268,400 (+78.0%)	$278,700 → $395,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,048 → $1,181 (+12.7%)

Pendleton

Population

729689

Median home value

$150,800$268,400

Salado

Population

3,0022,292

Median household income

$77,500$103,500

Median home value

$278,700$395,400

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pendleton	Salado
Under 5	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	47.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	11.0%
75 and over	4.1%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pendleton	Salado
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pendleton	Salado
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	60.6%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pendleton	Salado
Drove alone	93.6%	73.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pendleton	Salado
1-unit, detached	64.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Pendleton	Salado
Poverty rate	18.9%	6.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1980	1991