Groom vs Skellytown

A side-by-side comparison of Groom and Skellytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Groom has the higher population (462 vs 424 in Skellytown). Groom has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $53,750 in Skellytown). Groom has the higher median home value ($97,700 vs $39,200 in Skellytown).

Population, income & housing

	Groom	Skellytown
Population	462	424
Median age	49.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$53,750
Median home value	$97,700	$39,200
Median gross rent	$1,011	$839
Housing units	260	256
Homeownership rate	90.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groom	Skellytown
Population	672 → 462 (-31.3%)	428 → 424 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $73,750 (+8.1%)	$47,083 → $53,750 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $97,700 (-15.1%)	$45,000 → $39,200 (-12.9%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $1,011 (+21.8%)	$820 → $839 (+2.3%)

Groom

Population

672462

Median household income

$68,194$73,750

Median home value

$115,100$97,700

Median gross rent

$830$1,011

Skellytown

Population

428424

Median household income

$47,083$53,750

Median home value

$45,000$39,200

Median gross rent

$820$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groom	Skellytown
Under 5	4.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	25.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.0%
75 and over	13.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groom	Skellytown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groom	Skellytown
No high school diploma	11.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groom	Skellytown
Drove alone	92.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groom	Skellytown
1-unit, detached	92.3%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
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	7.7%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Groom	Skellytown
Poverty rate	2.8%	23.2%
Average household size	2.09	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1964	1956