Blum vs Mount Calm

A side-by-side comparison of Blum and Mount Calm: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Calm has the higher population (411 vs 374 in Blum). Mount Calm has the higher median household income ($47,639 vs $28,438 in Blum). Mount Calm has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $80,000 in Blum).

Population, income & housing

	Blum	Mount Calm
Population	374	411
Median age	28.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,438	$47,639
Median home value	$80,000	$108,600
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,163
Housing units	155	202
Homeownership rate	80.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blum	Mount Calm
Population	434 → 374 (-13.8%)	330 → 411 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$61,750 → $28,438 (-53.9%)	$45,515 → $47,639 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $80,000 (+15.9%)	$71,700 → $108,600 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,313 (+49.0%)	$625 → $1,163 (+86.1%)

Blum

Population

434374

Median household income

$61,750$28,438

Median home value

$69,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$881$1,313

Mount Calm

Population

330411

Median household income

$45,515$47,639

Median home value

$71,700$108,600

Median gross rent

$625$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blum	Mount Calm
Under 5	6.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	23.1%
18 to 24	20.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	4.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	19.0%
75 and over	2.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blum	Mount Calm
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	19.2%
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	0.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blum	Mount Calm
No high school diploma	21.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	51.9%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blum	Mount Calm
Drove alone	94.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blum	Mount Calm
1-unit, detached	71.6%	45.0%
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%	55.0%

Poverty & households

	Blum	Mount Calm
Poverty rate	32.1%	21.7%
Average household size	2.94	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1985	1992