Panhandle vs White Deer

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

Panhandle and White Deer 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 1,179 in White Deer). White Deer has the higher median household income ($86,838 vs $86,354 in Panhandle). White Deer has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $151,800 in Panhandle).

Population, income & housing

	Panhandle	White Deer
Population	2,613	1,179
Median age	46.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,354	$86,838
Median home value	$151,800	$159,700
Median gross rent	$981	$884
Housing units	1,229	529
Homeownership rate	73.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panhandle	White Deer
Population	2,649 → 2,613 (-1.4%)	736 → 1,179 (+60.2%)
Median household income	$85,804 → $86,354 (+0.6%)	$81,071 → $86,838 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$133,800 → $151,800 (+13.5%)	$98,700 → $159,700 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $981 (+21.7%)	$887 → $884 (-0.3%)

Panhandle

Population

2,6492,613

Median household income

$85,804$86,354

Median home value

$133,800$151,800

Median gross rent

$806$981

White Deer

Population

7361,179

Median household income

$81,071$86,838

Median home value

$98,700$159,700

Median gross rent

$887$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Panhandle	White Deer
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	25.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.6%
75 and over	12.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panhandle	White Deer
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	85.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panhandle	White Deer
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panhandle	White Deer
Drove alone	79.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panhandle	White Deer
1-unit, detached	84.6%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Panhandle	White Deer
Poverty rate	6.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1958	1957