Gruver vs Spearman

A side-by-side comparison of Gruver and Spearman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spearman has the higher population (2,809 vs 1,255 in Gruver). Spearman has the higher median household income ($66,903 vs $66,333 in Gruver). Spearman has the higher median home value ($135,100 vs $107,300 in Gruver).

Population, income & housing

	Gruver	Spearman
Population	1,255	2,809
Median age	36.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,333	$66,903
Median home value	$107,300	$135,100
Median gross rent	$783	$694
Housing units	542	1,300
Homeownership rate	79.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gruver	Spearman
Population	1,360 → 1,255 (-7.7%)	3,367 → 2,809 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $66,333 (+49.9%)	$29,481 → $66,903 (+126.9%)
Median home value	$123,900 → $107,300 (-13.4%)	$83,900 → $135,100 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $783 (-7.0%)	$727 → $694 (-4.5%)

Gruver

Population

1,3601,255

Median household income

$44,250$66,333

Median home value

$123,900$107,300

Median gross rent

$842$783

Spearman

Population

3,3672,809

Median household income

$29,481$66,903

Median home value

$83,900$135,100

Median gross rent

$727$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gruver	Spearman
Under 5	5.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.4%
75 and over	5.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gruver	Spearman
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	45.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.1%	54.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gruver	Spearman
No high school diploma	37.1%	25.9%
High school graduate	17.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gruver	Spearman
Drove alone	80.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gruver	Spearman
1-unit, detached	90.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Gruver	Spearman
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1971	1972