Abernathy vs Seth Ward

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

Abernathy and Seth Ward 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 1,909 in Seth Ward). Abernathy has the higher median household income ($76,850 vs $54,209 in Seth Ward). Abernathy has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $57,500 in Seth Ward).

Population, income & housing

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
Population	3,108	1,909
Median age	39.2 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,850	$54,209
Median home value	$145,100	$57,500
Median gross rent	$738	$844
Housing units	1,285	772
Homeownership rate	81.5%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
Population	3,006 → 3,108 (+3.4%)	1,825 → 1,909 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$51,506 → $76,850 (+49.2%)	$35,438 → $54,209 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $145,100 (+79.4%)	$44,000 → $57,500 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $738 (+7.7%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

Abernathy

Population

3,0063,108

Median household income

$51,506$76,850

Median home value

$80,900$145,100

Median gross rent

$685$738

Seth Ward

Population

1,8251,909

Median household income

$35,438$54,209

Median home value

$44,000$57,500

Median gross rent

$643$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
Under 5	4.9%	12.6%
5 to 17	26.8%	25.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	22.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.7%
75 and over	5.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	19.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
No high school diploma	11.8%	34.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
Drove alone	78.0%	58.3%
Carpooled	15.5%	30.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
1-unit, detached	91.1%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Abernathy	Seth Ward
Poverty rate	5.8%	23.4%
Average household size	2.66	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1967	1958