Blum vs Carl's Corner

A side-by-side comparison of Blum and Carl's Corner: population, income, housing, and more.

Blum and Carl's Corner are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blum has the higher population (374 vs 287 in Carl's Corner). Carl's Corner has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $28,438 in Blum). Blum has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $78,600 in Carl's Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Blum	Carl's Corner
Population	374	287
Median age	28.4 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,438	$61,875
Median home value	$80,000	$78,600
Median gross rent	$1,313	—
Housing units	155	115
Homeownership rate	80.3%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blum	Carl's Corner
Population	434 → 374 (-13.8%)	175 → 287 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$61,750 → $28,438 (-53.9%)	$55,938 → $61,875 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $80,000 (+15.9%)	$101,500 → $78,600 (-22.6%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,313 (+49.0%)	—

Blum

Population

434374

Median household income

$61,750$28,438

Median home value

$69,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$881$1,313

Carl's Corner

Population

175287

Median household income

$55,938$61,875

Median home value

$101,500$78,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blum	Carl's Corner
Under 5	6.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	20.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	4.5%	4.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	27.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	21.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.7%
75 and over	2.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blum	Carl's Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	46.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blum	Carl's Corner
No high school diploma	21.6%	21.3%
High school graduate	51.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blum	Carl's Corner
Drove alone	94.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blum	Carl's Corner
1-unit, detached	71.6%	54.8%
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	28.4%	45.2%

Poverty & households

	Blum	Carl's Corner
Poverty rate	32.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.94	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	38	41
Median year structure built	1985	2001