Panhandle vs Skellytown

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

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

Panhandle has the higher population (2,613 vs 424 in Skellytown). Panhandle has the higher median household income ($86,354 vs $53,750 in Skellytown). Panhandle has the higher median home value ($151,800 vs $39,200 in Skellytown).

Population, income & housing

	Panhandle	Skellytown
Population	2,613	424
Median age	46.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,354	$53,750
Median home value	$151,800	$39,200
Median gross rent	$981	$839
Housing units	1,229	256
Homeownership rate	73.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panhandle	Skellytown
Population	2,649 → 2,613 (-1.4%)	428 → 424 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$85,804 → $86,354 (+0.6%)	$47,083 → $53,750 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$133,800 → $151,800 (+13.5%)	$45,000 → $39,200 (-12.9%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $981 (+21.7%)	$820 → $839 (+2.3%)

Panhandle

Population

2,6492,613

Median household income

$85,804$86,354

Median home value

$133,800$151,800

Median gross rent

$806$981

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)

	Panhandle	Skellytown
Under 5	4.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.0%
75 and over	12.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panhandle	Skellytown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	84.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panhandle	Skellytown
No high school diploma	3.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panhandle	Skellytown
Drove alone	79.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panhandle	Skellytown
1-unit, detached	84.6%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Panhandle	Skellytown
Poverty rate	6.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1958	1956