Ellinger vs Schulenburg

A side-by-side comparison of Ellinger and Schulenburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schulenburg has the higher population (2,702 vs 222 in Ellinger). Ellinger has the higher median household income ($59,625 vs $47,891 in Schulenburg). Ellinger has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $138,600 in Schulenburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
Population	222	2,702
Median age	38.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,625	$47,891
Median home value	$214,300	$138,600
Median gross rent	$775	$950
Housing units	137	1,289
Homeownership rate	80.9%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
Population	175 → 222 (+26.9%)	2,899 → 2,702 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$58,942 → $59,625 (+1.2%)	$46,100 → $47,891 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$270,000 → $214,300 (-20.6%)	$103,300 → $138,600 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $775 (+7.5%)	$855 → $950 (+11.1%)

Ellinger

Population

175222

Median household income

$58,942$59,625

Median home value

$270,000$214,300

Median gross rent

$721$775

Schulenburg

Population

2,8992,702

Median household income

$46,100$47,891

Median home value

$103,300$138,600

Median gross rent

$855$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
Under 5	9.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	18.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	1.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.3%
75 and over	13.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	44.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	39.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
No high school diploma	8.1%	23.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
Drove alone	73.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
1-unit, detached	82.5%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellinger	Schulenburg
Poverty rate	7.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1975	1973