Smyer vs Whitharral

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

Smyer and Whitharral 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 89 in Whitharral). Whitharral has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $46,042 in Smyer). Since 2019, Whitharral's population has grown faster (+2.3% vs -41.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Smyer	Whitharral
Population	398	89
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,042	$68,125
Median home value	$60,000	—
Median gross rent	$980	—
Housing units	180	42
Homeownership rate	76.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smyer	Whitharral
Population	677 → 398 (-41.2%)	87 → 89 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$60,938 → $46,042 (-24.4%)	$40,625 → $68,125 (+67.7%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $60,000 (-20.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$969 → $980 (+1.1%)	—

Smyer

Population

677398

Median household income

$60,938$46,042

Median home value

$75,500$60,000

Median gross rent

$969$980

Whitharral

Population

8789

Median household income

$40,625$68,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smyer	Whitharral
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.6%	30.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	5.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	3.3%	4.5%
75 and over	11.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smyer	Whitharral
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	36.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
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	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smyer	Whitharral
No high school diploma	27.1%	25.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smyer	Whitharral
Drove alone	64.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	19.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smyer	Whitharral
1-unit, detached	65.6%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.7%
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	34.4%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Smyer	Whitharral
Poverty rate	13.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.54	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1988	1958