Agua Dulce vs Tornillo

A side-by-side comparison of Agua Dulce and Tornillo: population, income, housing, and more.

Agua Dulce and Tornillo are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Agua Dulce has the higher population (2,995 vs 1,381 in Tornillo). Tornillo has the higher median household income ($56,587 vs $47,485 in Agua Dulce). Agua Dulce has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $78,500 in Tornillo).

Population, income & housing

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
Population	2,995	1,381
Median age	33.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,485	$56,587
Median home value	$110,500	$78,500
Median gross rent	$945	—
Housing units	946	448
Homeownership rate	87.5%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
Population	3,268 → 2,995 (-8.4%)	1,105 → 1,381 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$31,958 → $47,485 (+48.6%)	$34,792 → $56,587 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $110,500 (+63.2%)	$81,100 → $78,500 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $945 (+13.2%)	—

Agua Dulce

Population

3,2682,995

Median household income

$31,958$47,485

Median home value

$67,700$110,500

Median gross rent

$835$945

Tornillo

Population

1,1051,381

Median household income

$34,792$56,587

Median home value

$81,100$78,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
Under 5	2.9%	0.4%
5 to 17	26.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.4%	14.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	20.1%
75 and over	2.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.8%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
No high school diploma	36.1%	49.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
Drove alone	68.5%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.8%
Public transit	7.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	6.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
1-unit, detached	56.1%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Agua Dulce	Tornillo
Poverty rate	18.6%	29.6%
Average household size	3.63	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1997	1991