Southmayd vs Whitewright

A side-by-side comparison of Southmayd and Whitewright: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitewright has the higher population (1,610 vs 1,420 in Southmayd). Southmayd has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $54,063 in Whitewright). Whitewright has the higher median home value ($207,500 vs $140,100 in Southmayd).

Population, income & housing

	Southmayd	Whitewright
Population	1,420	1,610
Median age	35.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$54,063
Median home value	$140,100	$207,500
Median gross rent	$1,725	$750
Housing units	565	860
Homeownership rate	92.5%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southmayd	Whitewright
Population	1,045 → 1,420 (+35.9%)	1,622 → 1,610 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $78,750 (+61.5%)	$39,022 → $54,063 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $140,100 (+125.2%)	$116,200 → $207,500 (+78.6%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,725 (+91.7%)	$617 → $750 (+21.6%)

Southmayd

Population

1,0451,420

Median household income

$48,750$78,750

Median home value

$62,200$140,100

Median gross rent

$900$1,725

Whitewright

Population

1,6221,610

Median household income

$39,022$54,063

Median home value

$116,200$207,500

Median gross rent

$617$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southmayd	Whitewright
Under 5	7.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	18.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.4%
75 and over	4.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southmayd	Whitewright
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	44.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southmayd	Whitewright
No high school diploma	21.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southmayd	Whitewright
Drove alone	71.5%	88.9%
Carpooled	23.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southmayd	Whitewright
1-unit, detached	29.9%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	68.7%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Southmayd	Whitewright
Poverty rate	16.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1999	1976