Penitas vs Salida del Sol Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Penitas and Salida del Sol Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salida del Sol Estates has the higher population (6,356 vs 6,355 in Penitas). Penitas has the higher median household income ($52,857 vs $29,631 in Salida del Sol Estates). Penitas has the higher median home value ($175,100 vs $89,600 in Salida del Sol Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
Population	6,355	6,356
Median age	30.2 yrs	17.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,857	$29,631
Median home value	$175,100	$89,600
Median gross rent	$631	$821
Housing units	1,719	1,320
Homeownership rate	82.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
Population	4,769 → 6,355 (+33.3%)	5,728 → 6,356 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$45,632 → $52,857 (+15.8%)	$14,338 → $29,631 (+106.7%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $175,100 (+40.6%)	$52,100 → $89,600 (+72.0%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $631 (-18.5%)	$487 → $821 (+68.6%)

Penitas

Population

4,7696,355

Median household income

$45,632$52,857

Median home value

$124,500$175,100

Median gross rent

$774$631

Salida del Sol Estates

Population

5,7286,356

Median household income

$14,338$29,631

Median home value

$52,100$89,600

Median gross rent

$487$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
Under 5	7.5%	8.3%
5 to 17	26.9%	42.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	3.4%
65 to 74	4.6%	0.9%
75 and over	4.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	1.8%	0.0%
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	98.2%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
No high school diploma	43.7%	53.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	6.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
Drove alone	76.7%	97.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
1-unit, detached	74.4%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	41.7%

Poverty & households

	Penitas	Salida del Sol Estates
Poverty rate	28.3%	50.2%
Average household size	3.92	5.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	2004	2004