Gladewater vs White Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Gladewater and White Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gladewater has the higher population (6,297 vs 6,208 in White Oak). White Oak has the higher median household income ($95,193 vs $52,100 in Gladewater). White Oak has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $162,400 in Gladewater).

Population, income & housing

	Gladewater	White Oak
Population	6,297	6,208
Median age	33.7 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,100	$95,193
Median home value	$162,400	$219,200
Median gross rent	$984	$1,134
Housing units	2,704	2,400
Homeownership rate	57.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladewater	White Oak
Population	5,991 → 6,297 (+5.1%)	6,331 → 6,208 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$31,265 → $52,100 (+66.6%)	$64,118 → $95,193 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $162,400 (+81.3%)	$171,100 → $219,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $984 (+16.0%)	$1,089 → $1,134 (+4.1%)

Gladewater

Population

5,9916,297

Median household income

$31,265$52,100

Median home value

$89,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$848$984

White Oak

Population

6,3316,208

Median household income

$64,118$95,193

Median home value

$171,100$219,200

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladewater	White Oak
Under 5	9.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	19.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.6%
75 and over	7.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladewater	White Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	67.7%
Black or African American	21.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladewater	White Oak
No high school diploma	17.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.1%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladewater	White Oak
Drove alone	83.4%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.8%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladewater	White Oak
1-unit, detached	80.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Gladewater	White Oak
Poverty rate	27.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.52	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1974	1981