Nixon vs Smiley

A side-by-side comparison of Nixon and Smiley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nixon has the higher population (2,363 vs 533 in Smiley). Nixon has the higher median household income ($40,833 vs $35,000 in Smiley). Nixon has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $69,500 in Smiley).

Population, income & housing

	Nixon	Smiley
Population	2,363	533
Median age	26.2 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$35,000
Median home value	$78,100	$69,500
Median gross rent	$1,011	$873
Housing units	921	209
Homeownership rate	62.2%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nixon	Smiley
Population	2,510 → 2,363 (-5.9%)	631 → 533 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$57,460 → $40,833 (-28.9%)	$50,938 → $35,000 (-31.3%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $78,100 (+6.7%)	$49,500 → $69,500 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,011 (+14.8%)	$817 → $873 (+6.9%)

Nixon

Population

2,5102,363

Median household income

$57,460$40,833

Median home value

$73,200$78,100

Median gross rent

$881$1,011

Smiley

Population

631533

Median household income

$50,938$35,000

Median home value

$49,500$69,500

Median gross rent

$817$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nixon	Smiley
Under 5	15.4%	9.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	3.9%	8.4%
75 and over	3.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nixon	Smiley
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	28.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	70.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nixon	Smiley
No high school diploma	32.4%	19.4%
High school graduate	45.1%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nixon	Smiley
Drove alone	84.8%	85.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nixon	Smiley
1-unit, detached	59.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	31.6%

Poverty & households

	Nixon	Smiley
Poverty rate	16.0%	34.5%
Average household size	3.00	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	42
Median year structure built	1976	1972