Blum vs Whitney

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

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

Whitney has the higher population (2,308 vs 374 in Blum). Whitney has the higher median household income ($42,024 vs $28,438 in Blum). Whitney has the higher median home value ($115,500 vs $80,000 in Blum).

Population, income & housing

	Blum	Whitney
Population	374	2,308
Median age	28.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,438	$42,024
Median home value	$80,000	$115,500
Median gross rent	$1,313	$818
Housing units	155	921
Homeownership rate	80.3%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blum	Whitney
Population	434 → 374 (-13.8%)	2,326 → 2,308 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$61,750 → $28,438 (-53.9%)	$39,770 → $42,024 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $80,000 (+15.9%)	$85,400 → $115,500 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,313 (+49.0%)	$678 → $818 (+20.6%)

Blum

Population

434374

Median household income

$61,750$28,438

Median home value

$69,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$881$1,313

Whitney

Population

2,3262,308

Median household income

$39,770$42,024

Median home value

$85,400$115,500

Median gross rent

$678$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blum	Whitney
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	20.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	4.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.1%
75 and over	2.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blum	Whitney
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blum	Whitney
No high school diploma	21.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	51.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blum	Whitney
Drove alone	94.2%	87.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blum	Whitney
1-unit, detached	71.6%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Blum	Whitney
Poverty rate	32.1%	21.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	38	38
Median year structure built	1985	1977