Cross Roads vs Ponder

A side-by-side comparison of Cross Roads and Ponder: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ponder has the higher population (2,524 vs 2,090 in Cross Roads). Cross Roads has the higher median household income ($115,000 vs $110,714 in Ponder). Cross Roads has the higher median home value ($543,200 vs $287,000 in Ponder).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Roads	Ponder
Population	2,090	2,524
Median age	39.5 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$115,000	$110,714
Median home value	$543,200	$287,000
Median gross rent	$1,893	$2,345
Housing units	778	831
Homeownership rate	95.6%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Roads	Ponder
Population	1,317 → 2,090 (+58.7%)	2,369 → 2,524 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$145,192 → $115,000 (-20.8%)	$85,722 → $110,714 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$473,200 → $543,200 (+14.8%)	$204,200 → $287,000 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,906 → $1,893 (-0.7%)	$1,608 → $2,345 (+45.8%)

Cross Roads

Population

1,3172,090

Median household income

$145,192$115,000

Median home value

$473,200$543,200

Median gross rent

$1,906$1,893

Ponder

Population

2,3692,524

Median household income

$85,722$110,714

Median home value

$204,200$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,345

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Roads	Ponder
Under 5	8.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	26.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	22.1%
35 to 44	22.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.5%
75 and over	4.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Roads	Ponder
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	76.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	10.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Roads	Ponder
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	13.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Roads	Ponder
Drove alone	68.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.9%	11.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Roads	Ponder
1-unit, detached	97.6%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cross Roads	Ponder
Poverty rate	4.6%	0.8%
Average household size	2.76	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	41	34
Median year structure built	2014	2010