Cranfills Gap vs Walnut Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Cranfills Gap and Walnut Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Cranfills Gap and Walnut Springs are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walnut Springs has the higher population (792 vs 303 in Cranfills Gap). Cranfills Gap has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $39,464 in Walnut Springs). Since 2019, Walnut Springs's population has grown faster (-4.3% vs -10.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
Population	303	792
Median age	43.4 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$39,464
Median home value	—	$69,100
Median gross rent	$808	$1,175
Housing units	132	406
Homeownership rate	59.5%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
Population	340 → 303 (-10.9%)	828 → 792 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $60,417 (+88.3%)	$33,155 → $39,464 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$45,800 → $82,500 (+80.1%)	$69,300 → $69,100 (-0.3%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $808 (+57.5%)	$813 → $1,175 (+44.5%)

Cranfills Gap

Population

340303

Median household income

$32,083$60,417

Median home value

$45,800$82,500

Median gross rent

$513$808

Walnut Springs

Population

828792

Median household income

$33,155$39,464

Median home value

$69,300$69,100

Median gross rent

$813$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
Under 5	5.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	13.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	19.1%
35 to 44	22.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	5.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.7%
75 and over	8.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
No high school diploma	12.3%	23.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
Drove alone	81.8%	85.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
1-unit, detached	75.8%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Cranfills Gap	Walnut Springs
Poverty rate	11.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	47	32
Median year structure built	1964	1988