Caney City vs Poynor

A side-by-side comparison of Caney City and Poynor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poynor has the higher population (377 vs 135 in Caney City). Poynor has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $57,083 in Caney City). Since 2019, Poynor's population has grown faster (+42.3% vs -6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Caney City	Poynor
Population	135	377
Median age	63.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$69,167
Median home value	—	$186,000
Median gross rent	$736	$1,025
Housing units	150	155
Homeownership rate	80.2%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caney City	Poynor
Population	144 → 135 (-6.3%)	265 → 377 (+42.3%)
Median household income	$27,639 → $57,083 (+106.5%)	$46,250 → $69,167 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $122,100 (+6.8%)	$155,800 → $186,000 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $736 (-6.6%)	$1,271 → $1,025 (-19.4%)

Caney City

Population

144135

Median household income

$27,639$57,083

Median home value

$114,300$122,100

Median gross rent

$788$736

Poynor

Population

265377

Median household income

$46,250$69,167

Median home value

$155,800$186,000

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caney City	Poynor
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	3.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	20.4%
45 to 54	3.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	37.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	27.4%	13.5%
75 and over	21.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caney City	Poynor
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	88.6%
Black or African American	27.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	8.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caney City	Poynor
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caney City	Poynor
Drove alone	94.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caney City	Poynor
1-unit, detached	65.3%	89.0%
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	34.7%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Caney City	Poynor
Poverty rate	23.0%	8.2%
Average household size	1.67	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1992	1991