Itasca vs Whitney

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

Itasca 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 2,015 in Itasca). Itasca has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $42,024 in Whitney). Whitney has the higher median home value ($115,500 vs $105,900 in Itasca).

Population, income & housing

	Itasca	Whitney
Population	2,015	2,308
Median age	33.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$42,024
Median home value	$105,900	$115,500
Median gross rent	$836	$818
Housing units	694	921
Homeownership rate	72.4%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Itasca	Whitney
Population	1,392 → 2,015 (+44.8%)	2,326 → 2,308 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$38,875 → $67,500 (+73.6%)	$39,770 → $42,024 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $105,900 (+54.4%)	$85,400 → $115,500 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $836 (+2.7%)	$678 → $818 (+20.6%)

Itasca

Population

1,3922,015

Median household income

$38,875$67,500

Median home value

$68,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$814$836

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)

	Itasca	Whitney
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	14.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.1%
75 and over	4.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Itasca	Whitney
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	67.6%
Black or African American	9.4%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Itasca	Whitney
No high school diploma	8.9%	21.7%
High school graduate	43.8%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Itasca	Whitney
Drove alone	83.8%	87.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Itasca	Whitney
1-unit, detached	75.6%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Itasca	Whitney
Poverty rate	8.5%	21.8%
Average household size	3.10	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1973	1977