Aldine vs Tomball

A side-by-side comparison of Aldine and Tomball: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aldine has the higher population (15,434 vs 13,032 in Tomball). Tomball has the higher median household income ($71,426 vs $40,916 in Aldine). Tomball has the higher median home value ($306,400 vs $104,600 in Aldine).

Population, income & housing

	Aldine	Tomball
Population	15,434	13,032
Median age	31.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,916	$71,426
Median home value	$104,600	$306,400
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,206
Housing units	4,541	5,495
Homeownership rate	60.6%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aldine	Tomball
Population	15,318 → 15,434 (+0.8%)	11,689 → 13,032 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$38,925 → $40,916 (+5.1%)	$59,164 → $71,426 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $104,600 (+19.1%)	$211,700 → $306,400 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,325 (+45.9%)	$1,072 → $1,206 (+12.5%)

Aldine

Population

15,31815,434

Median household income

$38,925$40,916

Median home value

$87,800$104,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,325

Tomball

Population

11,68913,032

Median household income

$59,164$71,426

Median home value

$211,700$306,400

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aldine	Tomball
Under 5	8.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.4%
75 and over	1.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aldine	Tomball
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	63.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	87.9%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aldine	Tomball
No high school diploma	52.6%	11.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aldine	Tomball
Drove alone	73.4%	67.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	13.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	18.4%
Other means	4.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aldine	Tomball
1-unit, detached	66.0%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Aldine	Tomball
Poverty rate	33.6%	9.9%
Average household size	3.67	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1971	1990