Henrietta vs Petrolia

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

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

Henrietta has the higher population (3,143 vs 404 in Petrolia). Henrietta has the higher median household income ($63,242 vs $51,771 in Petrolia). Henrietta has the higher median home value ($131,100 vs $86,800 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Henrietta	Petrolia
Population	3,143	404
Median age	44.9 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,242	$51,771
Median home value	$131,100	$86,800
Median gross rent	$684	$768
Housing units	1,443	279
Homeownership rate	72.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henrietta	Petrolia
Population	3,042 → 3,143 (+3.3%)	540 → 404 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$47,566 → $63,242 (+33.0%)	$35,855 → $51,771 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $131,100 (+49.1%)	$56,300 → $86,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $684 (-15.3%)	$425 → $768 (+80.7%)

Henrietta

Population

3,0423,143

Median household income

$47,566$63,242

Median home value

$87,900$131,100

Median gross rent

$808$684

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)

	Henrietta	Petrolia
Under 5	5.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	6.2%
75 and over	9.1%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henrietta	Petrolia
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henrietta	Petrolia
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henrietta	Petrolia
Drove alone	72.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	23.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henrietta	Petrolia
1-unit, detached	83.4%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Henrietta	Petrolia
Poverty rate	12.7%	15.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1973	1962