Abernathy vs Plainview

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

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

Plainview has the higher population (19,893 vs 3,108 in Abernathy). Abernathy has the higher median household income ($76,850 vs $45,991 in Plainview). Abernathy has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $107,800 in Plainview).

Population, income & housing

	Abernathy	Plainview
Population	3,108	19,893
Median age	39.2 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,850	$45,991
Median home value	$145,100	$107,800
Median gross rent	$738	$811
Housing units	1,285	8,373
Homeownership rate	81.5%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abernathy	Plainview
Population	3,006 → 3,108 (+3.4%)	20,492 → 19,893 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$51,506 → $76,850 (+49.2%)	$48,430 → $45,991 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $145,100 (+79.4%)	$84,400 → $107,800 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $738 (+7.7%)	$645 → $811 (+25.7%)

Abernathy

Population

3,0063,108

Median household income

$51,506$76,850

Median home value

$80,900$145,100

Median gross rent

$685$738

Plainview

Population

20,49219,893

Median household income

$48,430$45,991

Median home value

$84,400$107,800

Median gross rent

$645$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abernathy	Plainview
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	26.8%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	22.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.0%
75 and over	5.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abernathy	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	28.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	65.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abernathy	Plainview
No high school diploma	11.8%	25.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abernathy	Plainview
Drove alone	78.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	15.5%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abernathy	Plainview
1-unit, detached	91.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Abernathy	Plainview
Poverty rate	5.8%	22.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1967	1968