Jacinto City vs Tomball

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

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

Tomball has the higher population (13,032 vs 9,458 in Jacinto City). Tomball has the higher median household income ($71,426 vs $57,703 in Jacinto City). Tomball has the higher median home value ($306,400 vs $121,100 in Jacinto City).

Population, income & housing

	Jacinto City	Tomball
Population	9,458	13,032
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,703	$71,426
Median home value	$121,100	$306,400
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,206
Housing units	3,487	5,495
Homeownership rate	67.6%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacinto City	Tomball
Population	10,667 → 9,458 (-11.3%)	11,689 → 13,032 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $57,703 (+37.8%)	$59,164 → $71,426 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $121,100 (+52.3%)	$211,700 → $306,400 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $1,167 (+38.9%)	$1,072 → $1,206 (+12.5%)

Jacinto City

Population

10,6679,458

Median household income

$41,875$57,703

Median home value

$79,500$121,100

Median gross rent

$840$1,167

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)

	Jacinto City	Tomball
Under 5	7.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.4%
75 and over	6.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacinto City	Tomball
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	63.6%
Black or African American	5.0%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	87.0%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacinto City	Tomball
No high school diploma	45.6%	11.3%
High school graduate	24.2%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacinto City	Tomball
Drove alone	78.8%	67.3%
Carpooled	16.2%	13.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacinto City	Tomball
1-unit, detached	79.4%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	11.6%
20 or more units	11.7%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Jacinto City	Tomball
Poverty rate	19.0%	9.9%
Average household size	3.08	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1960	1990