Levelland vs Smyer

A side-by-side comparison of Levelland and Smyer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Levelland has the higher population (12,565 vs 398 in Smyer). Levelland has the higher median household income ($51,847 vs $46,042 in Smyer). Levelland has the higher median home value ($126,200 vs $60,000 in Smyer).

Population, income & housing

	Levelland	Smyer
Population	12,565	398
Median age	34.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,847	$46,042
Median home value	$126,200	$60,000
Median gross rent	$789	$980
Housing units	5,316	180
Homeownership rate	69.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Levelland	Smyer
Population	13,596 → 12,565 (-7.6%)	677 → 398 (-41.2%)
Median household income	$46,473 → $51,847 (+11.6%)	$60,938 → $46,042 (-24.4%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $126,200 (+28.4%)	$75,500 → $60,000 (-20.5%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $789 (+19.0%)	$969 → $980 (+1.1%)

Levelland

Population

13,59612,565

Median household income

$46,473$51,847

Median home value

$98,300$126,200

Median gross rent

$663$789

Smyer

Population

677398

Median household income

$60,938$46,042

Median home value

$75,500$60,000

Median gross rent

$969$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Levelland	Smyer
Under 5	6.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	24.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	5.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	3.3%
75 and over	5.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Levelland	Smyer
White (non-Hispanic)	38.5%	51.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	56.5%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Levelland	Smyer
No high school diploma	22.6%	27.1%
High school graduate	27.2%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Levelland	Smyer
Drove alone	81.9%	64.0%
Carpooled	14.2%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Levelland	Smyer
1-unit, detached	81.0%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Levelland	Smyer
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1975	1988