Ennis vs Ovilla

A side-by-side comparison of Ennis and Ovilla: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ennis has the higher population (21,546 vs 4,239 in Ovilla). Ovilla has the higher median household income ($125,777 vs $72,772 in Ennis). Ovilla has the higher median home value ($396,000 vs $225,900 in Ennis).

Population, income & housing

	Ennis	Ovilla
Population	21,546	4,239
Median age	34.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,772	$125,777
Median home value	$225,900	$396,000
Median gross rent	$1,233	—
Housing units	8,304	1,547
Homeownership rate	65.3%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ennis	Ovilla
Population	19,559 → 21,546 (+10.2%)	3,903 → 4,239 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$57,619 → $72,772 (+26.3%)	$106,333 → $125,777 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$111,200 → $225,900 (+103.1%)	$245,600 → $396,000 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,233 (+34.8%)	—

Ennis

Population

19,55921,546

Median household income

$57,619$72,772

Median home value

$111,200$225,900

Median gross rent

$915$1,233

Ovilla

Population

3,9034,239

Median household income

$106,333$125,777

Median home value

$245,600$396,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ennis	Ovilla
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.2%
18 to 24	11.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.6%
75 and over	4.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ennis	Ovilla
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	63.6%
Black or African American	11.1%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ennis	Ovilla
No high school diploma	22.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.8%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ennis	Ovilla
Drove alone	78.2%	67.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ennis	Ovilla
1-unit, detached	73.7%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ennis	Ovilla
Poverty rate	11.3%	1.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1987	1997