Doffing vs Penitas

A side-by-side comparison of Doffing and Penitas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Penitas has the higher population (6,355 vs 5,126 in Doffing). Penitas has the higher median household income ($52,857 vs $26,525 in Doffing). Penitas has the higher median home value ($175,100 vs $93,300 in Doffing).

Population, income & housing

	Doffing	Penitas
Population	5,126	6,355
Median age	27.2 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$26,525	$52,857
Median home value	$93,300	$175,100
Median gross rent	$793	$631
Housing units	1,467	1,719
Homeownership rate	85.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doffing	Penitas
Population	5,176 → 5,126 (-1.0%)	4,769 → 6,355 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$28,162 → $26,525 (-5.8%)	$45,632 → $52,857 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $93,300 (+37.0%)	$124,500 → $175,100 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $793 (-12.1%)	$774 → $631 (-18.5%)

Doffing

Population

5,1765,126

Median household income

$28,162$26,525

Median home value

$68,100$93,300

Median gross rent

$902$793

Penitas

Population

4,7696,355

Median household income

$45,632$52,857

Median home value

$124,500$175,100

Median gross rent

$774$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doffing	Penitas
Under 5	11.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	26.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	1.8%	4.6%
75 and over	7.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doffing	Penitas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	1.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	98.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doffing	Penitas
No high school diploma	47.9%	43.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doffing	Penitas
Drove alone	79.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	8.3%
Other means	3.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doffing	Penitas
1-unit, detached	76.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Doffing	Penitas
Poverty rate	39.6%	28.3%
Average household size	3.81	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1998	2004