Opdyke West vs Smyer

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

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

Smyer has the higher population (398 vs 230 in Opdyke West). Opdyke West has the higher median household income ($52,045 vs $46,042 in Smyer). Smyer has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $31,900 in Opdyke West).

Population, income & housing

	Opdyke West	Smyer
Population	230	398
Median age	31.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,045	$46,042
Median home value	$31,900	$60,000
Median gross rent	$921	$980
Housing units	126	180
Homeownership rate	38.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Opdyke West	Smyer
Population	222 → 230 (+3.6%)	677 → 398 (-41.2%)
Median household income	$39,265 → $52,045 (+32.5%)	$60,938 → $46,042 (-24.4%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $31,900 (+219.0%)	$75,500 → $60,000 (-20.5%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $921 (+9.5%)	$969 → $980 (+1.1%)

Opdyke West

Population

222230

Median household income

$39,265$52,045

Median home value

$9,999$31,900

Median gross rent

$841$921

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)

	Opdyke West	Smyer
Under 5	15.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	4.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	33.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	2.2%	18.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	5.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	3.3%
75 and over	9.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Opdyke West	Smyer
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	51.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Opdyke West	Smyer
No high school diploma	20.3%	27.1%
High school graduate	46.5%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Opdyke West	Smyer
Drove alone	82.2%	64.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Opdyke West	Smyer
1-unit, detached	4.8%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	89.7%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Opdyke West	Smyer
Poverty rate	7.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1997	1988