Bynum vs Penelope

A side-by-side comparison of Bynum and Penelope: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bynum has the higher population (225 vs 223 in Penelope). Penelope has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $58,750 in Bynum). Bynum has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $96,300 in Penelope).

Population, income & housing

	Bynum	Penelope
Population	225	223
Median age	25.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$65,938
Median home value	$104,700	$96,300
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	76	105
Homeownership rate	80.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bynum	Penelope
Population	343 → 225 (-34.4%)	167 → 223 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $58,750 (+0.0%)	$52,500 → $65,938 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$55,300 → $104,700 (+89.3%)	$58,800 → $96,300 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $950 (-6.5%)	—

Bynum

Population

343225

Median household income

$58,750$58,750

Median home value

$55,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$1,016$950

Penelope

Population

167223

Median household income

$52,500$65,938

Median home value

$58,800$96,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bynum	Penelope
Under 5	4.4%	11.2%
5 to 17	35.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	6.7%
55 to 64	5.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.6%
75 and over	1.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bynum	Penelope
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	64.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	32.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bynum	Penelope
No high school diploma	17.5%	25.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bynum	Penelope
Drove alone	72.5%	77.7%
Carpooled	25.5%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bynum	Penelope
1-unit, detached	90.8%	91.4%
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	9.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Bynum	Penelope
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.4%
Average household size	3.95	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1965	1962