Luling vs Martindale

A side-by-side comparison of Luling and Martindale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Luling has the higher population (5,486 vs 1,090 in Martindale). Martindale has the higher median household income ($79,250 vs $55,733 in Luling). Martindale has the higher median home value ($289,000 vs $212,500 in Luling).

Population, income & housing

	Luling	Martindale
Population	5,486	1,090
Median age	50.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,733	$79,250
Median home value	$212,500	$289,000
Median gross rent	$1,038	$964
Housing units	2,585	485
Homeownership rate	67.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luling	Martindale
Population	5,830 → 5,486 (-5.9%)	913 → 1,090 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$48,919 → $55,733 (+13.9%)	$56,000 → $79,250 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $212,500 (+75.9%)	$187,800 → $289,000 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,038 (+44.8%)	$661 → $964 (+45.8%)

Luling

Population

5,8305,486

Median household income

$48,919$55,733

Median home value

$120,800$212,500

Median gross rent

$717$1,038

Martindale

Population

9131,090

Median household income

$56,000$79,250

Median home value

$187,800$289,000

Median gross rent

$661$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luling	Martindale
Under 5	7.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	5.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	20.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	10.9%
75 and over	10.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luling	Martindale
White (non-Hispanic)	33.3%	38.3%
Black or African American	8.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	56.3%	57.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luling	Martindale
No high school diploma	29.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luling	Martindale
Drove alone	77.7%	89.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luling	Martindale
1-unit, detached	73.0%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Luling	Martindale
Poverty rate	9.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1967	1989