Glidden vs Rock Island

A side-by-side comparison of Glidden and Rock Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Island has the higher population (371 vs 341 in Glidden). Glidden has the higher median household income ($71,071 vs $38,409 in Rock Island). Since 2019, Rock Island's population has grown faster (-17.0% vs -62.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Glidden	Rock Island
Population	341	371
Median age	49.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,071	$38,409
Housing units	181	252
Homeownership rate	30.3%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	27.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glidden	Rock Island
Population	900 → 341 (-62.1%)	447 → 371 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$113,190 → $71,071 (-37.2%)	$42,422 → $38,409 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $24,600 (-77.1%)	—

Glidden

Population

900341

Median household income

$113,190$71,071

Median home value

$107,400$24,600

Rock Island

Population

447371

Median household income

$42,422$38,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glidden	Rock Island
Under 5	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	21.8%
45 to 54	60.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	6.2%	7.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.1%
75 and over	5.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glidden	Rock Island
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glidden	Rock Island
No high school diploma	36.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	10.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glidden	Rock Island
Drove alone	93.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glidden	Rock Island
1-unit, detached	88.4%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	11.6%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Glidden	Rock Island
Poverty rate	9.1%	22.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	85
Median year structure built	1986	1960