Oak Leaf vs Palmer

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

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

Palmer has the higher population (2,449 vs 1,752 in Oak Leaf). Oak Leaf has the higher median household income ($162,083 vs $87,379 in Palmer). Oak Leaf has the higher median home value ($368,200 vs $203,400 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
Population	1,752	2,449
Median age	50.3 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$162,083	$87,379
Median home value	$368,200	$203,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,709
Housing units	618	799
Homeownership rate	95.6%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
Population	1,613 → 1,752 (+8.6%)	2,279 → 2,449 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$111,964 → $162,083 (+44.8%)	$56,250 → $87,379 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$248,200 → $368,200 (+48.3%)	$93,700 → $203,400 (+117.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $2,044 (+65.8%)	$1,034 → $1,709 (+65.3%)

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

Palmer

Population

2,2792,449

Median household income

$56,250$87,379

Median home value

$93,700$203,400

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
Under 5	2.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	6.8%	19.6%
45 to 54	20.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.4%	7.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	5.5%
75 and over	6.2%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	59.9%
Black or African American	12.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	35.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
No high school diploma	4.2%	13.3%
High school graduate	23.1%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
Drove alone	65.5%	85.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
1-unit, detached	99.7%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Oak Leaf	Palmer
Poverty rate	1.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.94	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1986	1988