Morning Glory vs Tornillo

A side-by-side comparison of Morning Glory and Tornillo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tornillo has the higher population (1,381 vs 469 in Morning Glory). Morning Glory has the higher median household income ($59,132 vs $56,587 in Tornillo). Morning Glory has the higher median home value ($165,200 vs $78,500 in Tornillo).

Population, income & housing

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
Population	469	1,381
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,132	$56,587
Median home value	$165,200	$78,500
Housing units	169	448
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
Population	475 → 469 (-1.3%)	1,105 → 1,381 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $59,132 (+57.7%)	$34,792 → $56,587 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $165,200 (+106.0%)	$81,100 → $78,500 (-3.2%)

Morning Glory

Population

475469

Median household income

$37,500$59,132

Median home value

$80,200$165,200

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)

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
Under 5	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.8%
25 to 34	3.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	22.4%	20.1%
75 and over	10.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	24.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	71.4%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
No high school diploma	46.3%	49.4%
High school graduate	18.7%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
Drove alone	59.3%	89.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.7%	6.8%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
1-unit, detached	78.7%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Morning Glory	Tornillo
Poverty rate	2.6%	29.6%
Average household size	3.11	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	54	24
Median year structure built	1985	1991