Muenster vs Oak Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Muenster and Oak Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muenster has the higher population (1,462 vs 330 in Oak Ridge). Muenster has the higher median household income ($93,224 vs $48,417 in Oak Ridge). Muenster has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $9,999 in Oak Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
Population	1,462	330
Median age	35.0 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,224	$48,417
Median home value	$248,400	$9,999
Median gross rent	$1,384	$1,457
Housing units	675	121
Homeownership rate	70.4%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
Population	1,418 → 1,462 (+3.1%)	237 → 330 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$70,278 → $93,224 (+32.7%)	$41,786 → $48,417 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$177,000 → $248,400 (+40.3%)	$51,100 → $9,999 (-80.4%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,384 (+55.5%)	$1,107 → $1,457 (+31.6%)

Muenster

Population

1,4181,462

Median household income

$70,278$93,224

Median home value

$177,000$248,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,384

Oak Ridge

Population

237330

Median household income

$41,786$48,417

Median home value

$51,100$9,999

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,457

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
Under 5	8.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	20.4%	32.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	1.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.1%
75 and over	5.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	8.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	84.2%	68.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	24.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	91.0%	29.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	61.2%

Poverty & households

	Muenster	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	8.5%	24.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1976	2002