Payne Springs vs Trinidad

A side-by-side comparison of Payne Springs and Trinidad: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trinidad has the higher population (877 vs 648 in Payne Springs). Trinidad has the higher median household income ($48,984 vs $42,841 in Payne Springs). Payne Springs has the higher median home value ($170,200 vs $106,700 in Trinidad).

Population, income & housing

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
Population	648	877
Median age	46.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,841	$48,984
Median home value	$170,200	$106,700
Median gross rent	$1,125	$676
Housing units	410	419
Homeownership rate	74.2%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
Population	732 → 648 (-11.5%)	878 → 877 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $42,841 (+5.1%)	$31,324 → $48,984 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $170,200 (+59.1%)	$57,300 → $106,700 (+86.2%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,125 (+16.3%)	$545 → $676 (+24.0%)

Payne Springs

Population

732648

Median household income

$40,750$42,841

Median home value

$107,000$170,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,125

Trinidad

Population

878877

Median household income

$31,324$48,984

Median home value

$57,300$106,700

Median gross rent

$545$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
Under 5	8.3%	9.8%
5 to 17	6.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	12.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.4%
75 and over	11.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	66.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
No high school diploma	13.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	38.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
Drove alone	83.5%	89.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.5%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
1-unit, detached	80.7%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Payne Springs	Trinidad
Poverty rate	20.4%	19.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1983	1970