O'Brien vs Rule

A side-by-side comparison of O'Brien and Rule: population, income, housing, and more.

O'Brien and Rule are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rule has the higher population (738 vs 108 in O'Brien). O'Brien has the higher median household income ($45,750 vs $31,875 in Rule). Rule has the higher median home value ($57,500 vs $45,600 in O'Brien).

Population, income & housing

	O'Brien	Rule
Population	108	738
Median age	24.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$31,875
Median home value	$45,600	$57,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,009
Housing units	44	467
Homeownership rate	87.1%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	39.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	O'Brien	Rule
Population	110 → 108 (-1.8%)	540 → 738 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $45,750 (+62.7%)	$20,469 → $31,875 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$13,900 → $45,600 (+228.1%)	$31,900 → $57,500 (+80.3%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $925 (+12.1%)	$600 → $1,009 (+68.2%)

O'Brien

Population

110108

Median household income

$28,125$45,750

Median home value

$13,900$45,600

Median gross rent

$825$925

Rule

Population

540738

Median household income

$20,469$31,875

Median home value

$31,900$57,500

Median gross rent

$600$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	O'Brien	Rule
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	33.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	2.8%	18.0%
55 to 64	0.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	19.0%
75 and over	10.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	O'Brien	Rule
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	58.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	76.9%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	O'Brien	Rule
No high school diploma	46.2%	18.7%
High school graduate	26.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	O'Brien	Rule
Drove alone	100.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	O'Brien	Rule
1-unit, detached	88.6%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	O'Brien	Rule
Poverty rate	64.8%	26.8%
Average household size	3.48	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1955	1959