Blanket vs Early

A side-by-side comparison of Blanket and Early: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Early has the higher population (3,159 vs 360 in Blanket). Early has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $45,417 in Blanket). Early has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $77,300 in Blanket).

Population, income & housing

	Blanket	Early
Population	360	3,159
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,417	$69,375
Median home value	$77,300	$170,700
Median gross rent	$578	$1,137
Housing units	163	1,312
Homeownership rate	85.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanket	Early
Population	372 → 360 (-3.2%)	2,986 → 3,159 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$41,094 → $45,417 (+10.5%)	$51,420 → $69,375 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $77,300 (+12.4%)	$110,300 → $170,700 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $578 (-40.2%)	$795 → $1,137 (+43.0%)

Blanket

Population

372360

Median household income

$41,094$45,417

Median home value

$68,800$77,300

Median gross rent

$967$578

Early

Population

2,9863,159

Median household income

$51,420$69,375

Median home value

$110,300$170,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanket	Early
Under 5	2.5%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	16.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.5%
75 and over	6.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanket	Early
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanket	Early
No high school diploma	22.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanket	Early
Drove alone	79.6%	79.7%
Carpooled	14.5%	10.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanket	Early
1-unit, detached	84.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Blanket	Early
Poverty rate	12.5%	9.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1963	1983