Skellytown vs White Deer

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

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

White Deer has the higher population (1,179 vs 424 in Skellytown). White Deer has the higher median household income ($86,838 vs $53,750 in Skellytown). White Deer has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $39,200 in Skellytown).

Population, income & housing

	Skellytown	White Deer
Population	424	1,179
Median age	46.3 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$86,838
Median home value	$39,200	$159,700
Median gross rent	$839	$884
Housing units	256	529
Homeownership rate	82.2%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Skellytown	White Deer
Population	428 → 424 (-0.9%)	736 → 1,179 (+60.2%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $53,750 (+14.2%)	$81,071 → $86,838 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $39,200 (-12.9%)	$98,700 → $159,700 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $839 (+2.3%)	$887 → $884 (-0.3%)

Skellytown

Population

428424

Median household income

$47,083$53,750

Median home value

$45,000$39,200

Median gross rent

$820$839

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)

	Skellytown	White Deer
Under 5	1.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	25.2%	25.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	17.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	6.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	7.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.6%
75 and over	7.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Skellytown	White Deer
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	85.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Skellytown	White Deer
No high school diploma	13.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Skellytown	White Deer
Drove alone	70.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	19.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Skellytown	White Deer
1-unit, detached	81.3%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	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	18.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Skellytown	White Deer
Poverty rate	23.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1956	1957