Ferris vs Oak Leaf

A side-by-side comparison of Ferris and Oak Leaf: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ferris has the higher population (2,932 vs 1,752 in Oak Leaf). Oak Leaf has the higher median household income ($162,083 vs $71,583 in Ferris). Oak Leaf has the higher median home value ($368,200 vs $219,600 in Ferris).

Population, income & housing

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
Population	2,932	1,752
Median age	30.3 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,583	$162,083
Median home value	$219,600	$368,200
Median gross rent	$1,145	—
Housing units	1,018	618
Homeownership rate	68.2%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
Population	2,692 → 2,932 (+8.9%)	1,613 → 1,752 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$59,129 → $71,583 (+21.1%)	$111,964 → $162,083 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $219,600 (+140.0%)	$248,200 → $368,200 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,145 (+16.5%)	$1,233 → $2,044 (+65.8%)

Ferris

Population

2,6922,932

Median household income

$59,129$71,583

Median home value

$91,500$219,600

Median gross rent

$983$1,145

Oak Leaf

Population

1,6131,752

Median household income

$111,964$162,083

Median home value

$248,200$368,200

Median gross rent

$1,233$2,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
Under 5	10.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	6.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	20.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.7%
75 and over	4.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	62.3%
Black or African American	18.9%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	56.5%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
No high school diploma	17.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	30.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
Drove alone	79.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
1-unit, detached	86.5%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferris	Oak Leaf
Poverty rate	9.7%	1.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1983	1986