Plainview vs Seth Ward

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

Plainview and Seth Ward 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 1,909 in Seth Ward). Seth Ward has the higher median household income ($54,209 vs $45,991 in Plainview). Plainview has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $57,500 in Seth Ward).

Population, income & housing

	Plainview	Seth Ward
Population	19,893	1,909
Median age	32.0 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,991	$54,209
Median home value	$107,800	$57,500
Median gross rent	$811	$844
Housing units	8,373	772
Homeownership rate	50.6%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plainview	Seth Ward
Population	20,492 → 19,893 (-2.9%)	1,825 → 1,909 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$48,430 → $45,991 (-5.0%)	$35,438 → $54,209 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $107,800 (+27.7%)	$44,000 → $57,500 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $811 (+25.7%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

Plainview

Population

20,49219,893

Median household income

$48,430$45,991

Median home value

$84,400$107,800

Median gross rent

$645$811

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)

	Plainview	Seth Ward
Under 5	6.8%	12.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	25.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.7%
75 and over	6.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plainview	Seth Ward
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	19.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	65.5%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plainview	Seth Ward
No high school diploma	25.2%	34.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plainview	Seth Ward
Drove alone	80.5%	58.3%
Carpooled	14.8%	30.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plainview	Seth Ward
1-unit, detached	71.8%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Plainview	Seth Ward
Poverty rate	22.7%	23.4%
Average household size	2.75	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1968	1958