Olmito vs Palm Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Olmito and Palm Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palm Valley has the higher population (1,650 vs 1,013 in Olmito). Palm Valley has the higher median household income ($92,000 vs $33,813 in Olmito). Palm Valley has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $93,500 in Olmito).

Population, income & housing

	Olmito	Palm Valley
Population	1,013	1,650
Median age	28.7 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,813	$92,000
Median home value	$93,500	$264,400
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,225
Housing units	329	719
Homeownership rate	39.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olmito	Palm Valley
Population	1,416 → 1,013 (-28.5%)	1,557 → 1,650 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $33,813 (-28.3%)	$74,087 → $92,000 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $93,500 (+4.1%)	$172,500 → $264,400 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,049 (+25.9%)	$991 → $1,225 (+23.6%)

Olmito

Population

1,4161,013

Median household income

$47,188$33,813

Median home value

$89,800$93,500

Median gross rent

$833$1,049

Palm Valley

Population

1,5571,650

Median household income

$74,087$92,000

Median home value

$172,500$264,400

Median gross rent

$991$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olmito	Palm Valley
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	26.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	13.6%
75 and over	5.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olmito	Palm Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.0%	45.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.2%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olmito	Palm Valley
No high school diploma	57.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	16.9%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olmito	Palm Valley
Drove alone	68.9%	71.6%
Carpooled	16.3%	18.3%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	10.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olmito	Palm Valley
1-unit, detached	77.2%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olmito	Palm Valley
Poverty rate	54.3%	5.4%
Average household size	3.18	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1987	1981