Abernathy vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Abernathy and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abernathy has the higher population (3,108 vs 787 in Petersburg). Abernathy has the higher median household income ($76,850 vs $38,636 in Petersburg). Abernathy has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $71,400 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Abernathy	Petersburg
Population	3,108	787
Median age	39.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,850	$38,636
Median home value	$145,100	$71,400
Median gross rent	$738	$635
Housing units	1,285	478
Homeownership rate	81.5%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abernathy	Petersburg
Population	3,006 → 3,108 (+3.4%)	1,057 → 787 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$51,506 → $76,850 (+49.2%)	$43,158 → $38,636 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $145,100 (+79.4%)	$54,800 → $71,400 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $738 (+7.7%)	$532 → $635 (+19.4%)

Abernathy

Population

3,0063,108

Median household income

$51,506$76,850

Median home value

$80,900$145,100

Median gross rent

$685$738

Petersburg

Population

1,057787

Median household income

$43,158$38,636

Median home value

$54,800$71,400

Median gross rent

$532$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abernathy	Petersburg
Under 5	4.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	22.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.2%
75 and over	5.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abernathy	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	32.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	67.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abernathy	Petersburg
No high school diploma	11.8%	20.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abernathy	Petersburg
Drove alone	78.0%	89.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abernathy	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	91.1%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Abernathy	Petersburg
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1967	1959