Byers vs Petrolia

A side-by-side comparison of Byers and Petrolia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petrolia has the higher population (404 vs 334 in Byers). Byers has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $51,771 in Petrolia). Byers has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $86,800 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Byers	Petrolia
Population	334	404
Median age	55.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$51,771
Median home value	$104,200	$86,800
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	234	279
Homeownership rate	94.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byers	Petrolia
Population	478 → 334 (-30.1%)	540 → 404 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$47,450 → $69,583 (+46.6%)	$35,855 → $51,771 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $104,200 (+54.8%)	$56,300 → $86,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $858 (+20.2%)	$425 → $768 (+80.7%)

Byers

Population

478334

Median household income

$47,450$69,583

Median home value

$67,300$104,200

Median gross rent

$714$858

Petrolia

Population

540404

Median household income

$35,855$51,771

Median home value

$56,300$86,800

Median gross rent

$425$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byers	Petrolia
Under 5	6.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	1.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	6.2%
75 and over	19.8%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byers	Petrolia
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byers	Petrolia
No high school diploma	15.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byers	Petrolia
Drove alone	67.8%	91.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byers	Petrolia
1-unit, detached	77.4%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	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	21.4%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Byers	Petrolia
Poverty rate	5.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1972	1962