Ovilla vs Palmer

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

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

Ovilla has the higher population (4,239 vs 2,449 in Palmer). Ovilla has the higher median household income ($125,777 vs $87,379 in Palmer). Ovilla has the higher median home value ($396,000 vs $203,400 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Ovilla	Palmer
Population	4,239	2,449
Median age	44.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,777	$87,379
Median home value	$396,000	$203,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,709
Housing units	1,547	799
Homeownership rate	92.1%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ovilla	Palmer
Population	3,903 → 4,239 (+8.6%)	2,279 → 2,449 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$106,333 → $125,777 (+18.3%)	$56,250 → $87,379 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $396,000 (+61.2%)	$93,700 → $203,400 (+117.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,034 → $1,709 (+65.3%)

Ovilla

Population

3,9034,239

Median household income

$106,333$125,777

Median home value

$245,600$396,000

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)

	Ovilla	Palmer
Under 5	4.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	23.2%	22.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	17.7%
35 to 44	16.7%	19.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	17.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.5%
75 and over	8.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ovilla	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	59.9%
Black or African American	17.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	35.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ovilla	Palmer
No high school diploma	4.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	19.7%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ovilla	Palmer
Drove alone	67.5%	85.7%
Carpooled	17.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ovilla	Palmer
1-unit, detached	97.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	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	0.7%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Ovilla	Palmer
Poverty rate	1.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.85	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1997	1988