Doolittle vs Penitas

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

Doolittle 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 6,162 in Doolittle). Penitas has the higher median household income ($52,857 vs $36,397 in Doolittle). Penitas has the higher median home value ($175,100 vs $74,600 in Doolittle).

Population, income & housing

	Doolittle	Penitas
Population	6,162	6,355
Median age	23.6 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,397	$52,857
Median home value	$74,600	$175,100
Median gross rent	$1,016	$631
Housing units	1,662	1,719
Homeownership rate	84.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doolittle	Penitas
Population	3,452 → 6,162 (+78.5%)	4,769 → 6,355 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$30,700 → $36,397 (+18.6%)	$45,632 → $52,857 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$57,100 → $74,600 (+30.6%)	$124,500 → $175,100 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,016 (+40.1%)	$774 → $631 (-18.5%)

Doolittle

Population

3,4526,162

Median household income

$30,700$36,397

Median home value

$57,100$74,600

Median gross rent

$725$1,016

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)

	Doolittle	Penitas
Under 5	14.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	29.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.8%
55 to 64	5.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.0%	4.6%
75 and over	2.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doolittle	Penitas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	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	99.8%	98.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doolittle	Penitas
No high school diploma	48.1%	43.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doolittle	Penitas
Drove alone	68.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	8.3%
Other means	9.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doolittle	Penitas
1-unit, detached	83.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Doolittle	Penitas
Poverty rate	54.0%	28.3%
Average household size	3.90	3.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	2003	2004