Petersburg vs Seth Ward

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

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

Seth Ward has the higher population (1,909 vs 787 in Petersburg). Seth Ward has the higher median household income ($54,209 vs $38,636 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($71,400 vs $57,500 in Seth Ward).

Population, income & housing

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
Population	787	1,909
Median age	46.5 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,636	$54,209
Median home value	$71,400	$57,500
Median gross rent	$635	$844
Housing units	478	772
Homeownership rate	65.8%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
Population	1,057 → 787 (-25.5%)	1,825 → 1,909 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$43,158 → $38,636 (-10.5%)	$35,438 → $54,209 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$54,800 → $71,400 (+30.3%)	$44,000 → $57,500 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $635 (+19.4%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

Petersburg

Population

1,057787

Median household income

$43,158$38,636

Median home value

$54,800$71,400

Median gross rent

$532$635

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)

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
Under 5	8.1%	12.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	25.6%
18 to 24	2.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.7%
75 and over	10.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	19.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	67.1%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
No high school diploma	20.9%	34.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
Drove alone	89.0%	58.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	30.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
1-unit, detached	93.7%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Petersburg	Seth Ward
Poverty rate	11.4%	23.4%
Average household size	2.22	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1959	1958