Palm Valley vs Rice Tracts

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

Palm Valley and Rice Tracts 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 1,117 in Rice Tracts). Rice Tracts has the higher median household income ($150,750 vs $92,000 in Palm Valley). Palm Valley has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $235,600 in Rice Tracts).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
Population	1,650	1,117
Median age	47.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,000	$150,750
Median home value	$264,400	$235,600
Median gross rent	$1,225	—
Housing units	719	307
Homeownership rate	76.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
Population	1,557 → 1,650 (+6.0%)	540 → 1,117 (+106.9%)
Median household income	$74,087 → $92,000 (+24.2%)	$106,607 → $150,750 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $264,400 (+53.3%)	$281,700 → $235,600 (-16.4%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,225 (+23.6%)	—

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

Rice Tracts

Population

5401,117

Median household income

$106,607$150,750

Median home value

$281,700$235,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	5.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	20.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	0.9%
75 and over	14.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
White (non-Hispanic)	45.8%	3.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	96.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
No high school diploma	10.3%	21.3%
High school graduate	21.9%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
Drove alone	71.6%	94.0%
Carpooled	18.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
1-unit, detached	84.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palm Valley	Rice Tracts
Poverty rate	5.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.52	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1981	2001