Petersburg vs Plainview

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

Petersburg 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 787 in Petersburg). Plainview has the higher median household income ($45,991 vs $38,636 in Petersburg). Plainview has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $71,400 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Petersburg	Plainview
Population	787	19,893
Median age	46.5 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,636	$45,991
Median home value	$71,400	$107,800
Median gross rent	$635	$811
Housing units	478	8,373
Homeownership rate	65.8%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersburg	Plainview
Population	1,057 → 787 (-25.5%)	20,492 → 19,893 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,158 → $38,636 (-10.5%)	$48,430 → $45,991 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$54,800 → $71,400 (+30.3%)	$84,400 → $107,800 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $635 (+19.4%)	$645 → $811 (+25.7%)

Petersburg

Population

1,057787

Median household income

$43,158$38,636

Median home value

$54,800$71,400

Median gross rent

$532$635

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)

	Petersburg	Plainview
Under 5	8.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.0%
75 and over	10.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersburg	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	28.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	67.1%	65.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersburg	Plainview
No high school diploma	20.9%	25.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersburg	Plainview
Drove alone	89.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersburg	Plainview
1-unit, detached	93.7%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Petersburg	Plainview
Poverty rate	11.4%	22.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1959	1968