Carmine vs Plum

A side-by-side comparison of Carmine and Plum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plum has the higher population (256 vs 196 in Carmine). Plum has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $50,833 in Carmine). Since 2019, Carmine's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs -43.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Carmine	Plum
Population	196	256
Median age	58.7 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$71,250
Median home value	$257,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,679	—
Housing units	151	128
Homeownership rate	84.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmine	Plum
Population	177 → 196 (+10.7%)	456 → 256 (-43.9%)
Median household income	$58,906 → $50,833 (-13.7%)	$68,393 → $71,250 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $257,400 (+68.1%)	$85,800 → $308,600 (+259.7%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,679 (+97.5%)	—

Carmine

Population

177196

Median household income

$58,906$50,833

Median home value

$153,100$257,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,679

Plum

Population

456256

Median household income

$68,393$71,250

Median home value

$85,800$308,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmine	Plum
Under 5	2.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.5%	18.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	31.3%
35 to 44	4.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	19.1%
55 to 64	23.5%	1.2%
65 to 74	5.1%	7.8%
75 and over	29.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmine	Plum
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	42.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.3%
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	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.4%	55.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmine	Plum
No high school diploma	2.8%	39.7%
High school graduate	24.1%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmine	Plum
Drove alone	91.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmine	Plum
1-unit, detached	87.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	12.6%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Carmine	Plum
Poverty rate	1.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1964	1985