Eastland vs Rising Star

A side-by-side comparison of Eastland and Rising Star: population, income, housing, and more.

Eastland and Rising Star are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eastland has the higher population (3,631 vs 734 in Rising Star). Eastland has the higher median household income ($51,334 vs $31,667 in Rising Star). Eastland has the higher median home value ($175,800 vs $36,500 in Rising Star).

Population, income & housing

	Eastland	Rising Star
Population	3,631	734
Median age	45.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,334	$31,667
Median home value	$175,800	$36,500
Median gross rent	$805	$596
Housing units	1,901	473
Homeownership rate	66.0%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastland	Rising Star
Population	3,853 → 3,631 (-5.8%)	876 → 734 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$33,375 → $51,334 (+53.8%)	$31,121 → $31,667 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$78,700 → $175,800 (+123.4%)	$43,500 → $36,500 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $805 (+37.4%)	$607 → $596 (-1.8%)

Eastland

Population

3,8533,631

Median household income

$33,375$51,334

Median home value

$78,700$175,800

Median gross rent

$586$805

Rising Star

Population

876734

Median household income

$31,121$31,667

Median home value

$43,500$36,500

Median gross rent

$607$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastland	Rising Star
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	17.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.1%
75 and over	7.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastland	Rising Star
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastland	Rising Star
No high school diploma	6.6%	25.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastland	Rising Star
Drove alone	80.0%	66.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.2%
Other means	2.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastland	Rising Star
1-unit, detached	76.3%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Eastland	Rising Star
Poverty rate	19.2%	22.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1961	1953