Jolly vs Petrolia

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

Jolly 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 176 in Jolly). Jolly has the higher median household income ($97,639 vs $51,771 in Petrolia). Jolly has the higher median home value ($207,300 vs $86,800 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Jolly	Petrolia
Population	176	404
Median age	52.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$97,639	$51,771
Median home value	$207,300	$86,800
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	75	279
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jolly	Petrolia
Population	198 → 176 (-11.1%)	540 → 404 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $97,639 (+26.7%)	$35,855 → $51,771 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$191,100 → $207,300 (+8.5%)	$56,300 → $86,800 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$425 → $768 (+80.7%)

Jolly

Population

198176

Median household income

$77,083$97,639

Median home value

$191,100$207,300

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)

	Jolly	Petrolia
Under 5	1.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	6.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	28.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	18.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	6.2%
75 and over	11.9%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jolly	Petrolia
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jolly	Petrolia
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	55.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jolly	Petrolia
Drove alone	89.1%	91.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jolly	Petrolia
1-unit, detached	78.7%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	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	17.3%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Jolly	Petrolia
Poverty rate	11.9%	15.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1962