Carl's Corner vs Penelope

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

Carl's Corner and Penelope 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 223 in Penelope). Penelope has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $61,875 in Carl's Corner). Penelope has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $78,600 in Carl's Corner).

Population, income & housing

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
Population	287	223
Median age	53.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$65,938
Median home value	$78,600	$96,300
Housing units	115	105
Homeownership rate	86.3%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
Population	175 → 287 (+64.0%)	167 → 223 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $61,875 (+10.6%)	$52,500 → $65,938 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $78,600 (-22.6%)	$58,800 → $96,300 (+63.8%)

Carl's Corner

Population

175287

Median household income

$55,938$61,875

Median home value

$101,500$78,600

Penelope

Population

167223

Median household income

$52,500$65,938

Median home value

$58,800$96,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
Under 5	7.7%	11.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	27.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	21.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.6%
75 and over	3.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	64.1%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	1.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.8%	32.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
No high school diploma	21.3%	25.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
Drove alone	87.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
1-unit, detached	54.8%	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	45.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Carl's Corner	Penelope
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.4%
Average household size	3.02	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	41	20
Median year structure built	2001	1962