Carl's Corner vs Mertens

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

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

Carl's Corner has the higher population (287 vs 130 in Mertens). Carl's Corner has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $43,365 in Mertens). Mertens has the higher median home value ($91,400 vs $78,600 in Carl's Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
Population	287	130
Median age	53.1 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$43,365
Median home value	$78,600	$91,400
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	115	57
Homeownership rate	86.3%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
Population	175 → 287 (+64.0%)	138 → 130 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $61,875 (+10.6%)	$40,625 → $43,365 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $78,600 (-22.6%)	$67,000 → $91,400 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $631 (+8.6%)

Carl's Corner

Population

175287

Median household income

$55,938$61,875

Median home value

$101,500$78,600

Mertens

Population

138130

Median household income

$40,625$43,365

Median home value

$67,000$91,400

Median gross rent

$581$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
Under 5	7.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	16.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	23.1%
35 to 44	4.2%	1.5%
45 to 54	27.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	21.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	2.3%
75 and over	3.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	66.2%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	1.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	32.8%	33.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
No high school diploma	21.3%	14.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
Drove alone	87.0%	38.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	57.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
1-unit, detached	54.8%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.2%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Carl's Corner	Mertens
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.3%
Average household size	3.02	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	41	45
Median year structure built	2001	1976