Rice Tracts vs Rio Hondo

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

Rice Tracts and Rio Hondo are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio Hondo has the higher population (1,970 vs 1,117 in Rice Tracts). Rice Tracts has the higher median household income ($150,750 vs $60,000 in Rio Hondo). Rice Tracts has the higher median home value ($235,600 vs $94,700 in Rio Hondo).

Population, income & housing

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
Population	1,117	1,970
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$150,750	$60,000
Median home value	$235,600	$94,700
Median gross rent	—	$834
Housing units	307	842
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
Population	540 → 1,117 (+106.9%)	2,640 → 1,970 (-25.4%)
Median household income	$106,607 → $150,750 (+41.4%)	$35,143 → $60,000 (+70.7%)
Median home value	$281,700 → $235,600 (-16.4%)	$69,500 → $94,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$664 → $834 (+25.6%)

Rice Tracts

Population

5401,117

Median household income

$106,607$150,750

Median home value

$281,700$235,600

Rio Hondo

Population

2,6401,970

Median household income

$35,143$60,000

Median home value

$69,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$664$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
Under 5	5.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.5%
45 to 54	20.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.9%	8.5%
75 and over	10.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	7.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.5%	91.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
No high school diploma	21.3%	27.6%
High school graduate	19.5%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
Drove alone	94.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Rice Tracts	Rio Hondo
Poverty rate	7.1%	19.0%
Average household size	3.96	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2001	1985