Ranger vs Rising Star

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

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

Ranger has the higher population (2,541 vs 734 in Rising Star). Ranger has the higher median household income ($34,006 vs $31,667 in Rising Star). Ranger has the higher median home value ($49,700 vs $36,500 in Rising Star).

Population, income & housing

	Ranger	Rising Star
Population	2,541	734
Median age	31.7 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,006	$31,667
Median home value	$49,700	$36,500
Median gross rent	$836	$596
Housing units	1,343	473
Homeownership rate	55.4%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ranger	Rising Star
Population	2,865 → 2,541 (-11.3%)	876 → 734 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$29,398 → $34,006 (+15.7%)	$31,121 → $31,667 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $49,700 (+31.1%)	$43,500 → $36,500 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $836 (+38.6%)	$607 → $596 (-1.8%)

Ranger

Population

2,8652,541

Median household income

$29,398$34,006

Median home value

$37,900$49,700

Median gross rent

$603$836

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)

	Ranger	Rising Star
Under 5	9.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	18.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.1%
75 and over	5.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ranger	Rising Star
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ranger	Rising Star
No high school diploma	20.0%	25.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ranger	Rising Star
Drove alone	69.0%	66.0%
Carpooled	25.3%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.2%
Other means	1.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ranger	Rising Star
1-unit, detached	61.1%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Ranger	Rising Star
Poverty rate	21.4%	22.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1958	1953