Palmer vs Rice Tracts

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

Palmer and Rice Tracts 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 1,117 in Rice Tracts). Rice Tracts has the higher median household income ($150,750 vs $27,418 in Palmer). Rice Tracts has the higher median home value ($235,600 vs $52,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
Population	1,606	1,117
Median age	20.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$27,418	$150,750
Median home value	$52,500	$235,600
Housing units	416	307
Homeownership rate	89.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
Population	1,256 → 1,606 (+27.9%)	540 → 1,117 (+106.9%)
Median household income	$45,714 → $27,418 (-40.0%)	$106,607 → $150,750 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$55,300 → $52,500 (-5.1%)	$281,700 → $235,600 (-16.4%)

Palmer

Population

1,2561,606

Median household income

$45,714$27,418

Median home value

$55,300$52,500

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)

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
Under 5	8.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	35.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	20.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	2.4%	20.2%
55 to 64	2.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	3.4%	0.9%
75 and over	3.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	3.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	100.0%	96.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
No high school diploma	49.2%	21.3%
High school graduate	38.7%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	7.6%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
Drove alone	91.7%	94.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
1-unit, detached	45.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palmer	Rice Tracts
Poverty rate	53.9%	7.1%
Average household size	4.29	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1995	2001