Ropesville vs Smyer

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

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

Ropesville has the higher population (513 vs 398 in Smyer). Ropesville has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $46,042 in Smyer). Ropesville has the higher median home value ($73,900 vs $60,000 in Smyer).

Population, income & housing

	Ropesville	Smyer
Population	513	398
Median age	33.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$46,042
Median home value	$73,900	$60,000
Median gross rent	$800	$980
Housing units	183	180
Homeownership rate	73.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ropesville	Smyer
Population	352 → 513 (+45.7%)	677 → 398 (-41.2%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $65,938 (+88.4%)	$60,938 → $46,042 (-24.4%)
Median home value	$40,000 → $73,900 (+84.8%)	$75,500 → $60,000 (-20.5%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $800 (-12.2%)	$969 → $980 (+1.1%)

Ropesville

Population

352513

Median household income

$35,000$65,938

Median home value

$40,000$73,900

Median gross rent

$911$800

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)

	Ropesville	Smyer
Under 5	18.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	18.6%
45 to 54	22.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	5.7%	5.8%
65 to 74	4.5%	3.3%
75 and over	5.8%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ropesville	Smyer
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	51.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	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	72.1%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ropesville	Smyer
No high school diploma	19.8%	27.1%
High school graduate	36.0%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ropesville	Smyer
Drove alone	80.4%	64.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ropesville	Smyer
1-unit, detached	68.3%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	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	30.6%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Ropesville	Smyer
Poverty rate	13.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1995	1988