Olmito vs Palmer

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

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

Palmer has the higher population (1,606 vs 1,013 in Olmito). Olmito has the higher median household income ($33,813 vs $27,418 in Palmer). Olmito has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $52,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Olmito	Palmer
Population	1,013	1,606
Median age	28.7 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,813	$27,418
Median home value	$93,500	$52,500
Median gross rent	$1,049	—
Housing units	329	416
Homeownership rate	39.8%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olmito	Palmer
Population	1,416 → 1,013 (-28.5%)	1,256 → 1,606 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $33,813 (-28.3%)	$45,714 → $27,418 (-40.0%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $93,500 (+4.1%)	$55,300 → $52,500 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,049 (+25.9%)	—

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

Palmer

Population

1,2561,606

Median household income

$45,714$27,418

Median home value

$55,300$52,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olmito	Palmer
Under 5	5.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	26.1%	35.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	20.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	2.4%
55 to 64	7.6%	2.6%
65 to 74	5.2%	3.4%
75 and over	5.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olmito	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	1.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olmito	Palmer
No high school diploma	57.8%	49.2%
High school graduate	16.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olmito	Palmer
Drove alone	68.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	16.3%	8.3%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	10.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olmito	Palmer
1-unit, detached	77.2%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	53.1%

Poverty & households

	Olmito	Palmer
Poverty rate	54.3%	53.9%
Average household size	3.18	4.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1987	1995