Converse vs Universal City

A side-by-side comparison of Converse and Universal City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Converse has the higher population (28,764 vs 19,853 in Universal City). Converse has the higher median household income ($88,060 vs $75,439 in Universal City). Universal City has the higher median home value ($249,400 vs $240,100 in Converse).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Universal City
Population	28,764	19,853
Median age	33.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,060	$75,439
Median home value	$240,100	$249,400
Median gross rent	$1,601	$1,213
Housing units	10,107	7,770
Homeownership rate	73.7%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Universal City
Population	26,930 → 28,764 (+6.8%)	20,459 → 19,853 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$72,911 → $88,060 (+20.8%)	$63,192 → $75,439 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $240,100 (+45.2%)	$168,300 → $249,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,601 (+32.5%)	$985 → $1,213 (+23.1%)

Converse

Population

26,93028,764

Median household income

$72,911$88,060

Median home value

$165,400$240,100

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,601

Universal City

Population

20,45919,853

Median household income

$63,192$75,439

Median home value

$168,300$249,400

Median gross rent

$985$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse	Universal City
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.7%
75 and over	3.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Universal City
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	42.4%
Black or African American	19.5%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.3%	42.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Universal City
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Universal City
Drove alone	76.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Universal City
1-unit, detached	87.2%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	18.6%
20 or more units	2.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Universal City
Poverty rate	13.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.88	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	2003	1986