Baird vs Putnam

A side-by-side comparison of Baird and Putnam: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baird has the higher population (1,687 vs 41 in Putnam). Putnam has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $52,222 in Baird). Since 2019, Baird's population has grown faster (-2.0% vs -55.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Baird	Putnam
Population	1,687	41
Median age	42.5 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,222	$59,000
Median home value	$74,600	—
Median gross rent	$702	—
Housing units	752	43
Homeownership rate	70.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baird	Putnam
Population	1,722 → 1,687 (-2.0%)	93 → 41 (-55.9%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $52,222 (-5.1%)	$34,583 → $59,000 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $74,600 (+8.9%)	$54,500 → $67,000 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $702 (+13.6%)	—

Baird

Population

1,7221,687

Median household income

$55,000$52,222

Median home value

$68,500$74,600

Median gross rent

$618$702

Putnam

Population

9341

Median household income

$34,583$59,000

Median home value

$54,500$67,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baird	Putnam
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	26.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	19.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	22.0%
75 and over	8.5%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baird	Putnam
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baird	Putnam
No high school diploma	13.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	39.8%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baird	Putnam
Drove alone	82.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	33.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baird	Putnam
1-unit, detached	84.0%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Baird	Putnam
Poverty rate	13.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1950	1958