Cooper vs Pecan Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Cooper and Pecan Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cooper has the higher population (2,045 vs 293 in Pecan Gap). Pecan Gap has the higher median household income ($105,417 vs $40,189 in Cooper). Pecan Gap has the higher median home value ($253,200 vs $85,200 in Cooper).

Population, income & housing

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
Population	2,045	293
Median age	34.2 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,189	$105,417
Median home value	$85,200	$253,200
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	869	152
Homeownership rate	67.0%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
Population	2,180 → 2,045 (-6.2%)	181 → 293 (+61.9%)
Median household income	$34,886 → $40,189 (+15.2%)	$49,063 → $105,417 (+114.9%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $85,200 (+47.7%)	$76,000 → $253,200 (+233.2%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $870 (+42.9%)	—

Cooper

Population

2,1802,045

Median household income

$34,886$40,189

Median home value

$57,700$85,200

Median gross rent

$609$870

Pecan Gap

Population

181293

Median household income

$49,063$105,417

Median home value

$76,000$253,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
Under 5	6.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	4.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	5.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	28.0%
75 and over	9.9%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	19.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
No high school diploma	11.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	42.9%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
Drove alone	78.9%	91.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	7.8%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
1-unit, detached	78.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooper	Pecan Gap
Poverty rate	28.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1970	1987