Big Spring vs Coahoma

A side-by-side comparison of Big Spring and Coahoma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Spring has the higher population (24,769 vs 1,519 in Coahoma). Coahoma has the higher median household income ($120,938 vs $70,532 in Big Spring). Coahoma has the higher median home value ($260,100 vs $138,800 in Big Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Big Spring	Coahoma
Population	24,769	1,519
Median age	36.5 yrs	15.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,532	$120,938
Median home value	$138,800	$260,100
Median gross rent	$1,009	$1,194
Housing units	10,293	464
Homeownership rate	63.1%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Spring	Coahoma
Population	28,041 → 24,769 (-11.7%)	735 → 1,519 (+106.7%)
Median household income	$52,275 → $70,532 (+34.9%)	$51,250 → $120,938 (+136.0%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $138,800 (+53.4%)	$111,600 → $260,100 (+133.1%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,009 (+14.8%)	$783 → $1,194 (+52.5%)

Big Spring

Population

28,04124,769

Median household income

$52,275$70,532

Median home value

$90,500$138,800

Median gross rent

$879$1,009

Coahoma

Population

7351,519

Median household income

$51,250$120,938

Median home value

$111,600$260,100

Median gross rent

$783$1,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Spring	Coahoma
Under 5	6.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	45.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	17.5%	21.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	2.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.5%
75 and over	4.6%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Spring	Coahoma
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	34.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	64.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Spring	Coahoma
No high school diploma	20.7%	19.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Spring	Coahoma
Drove alone	76.2%	91.8%
Carpooled	18.3%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Spring	Coahoma
1-unit, detached	76.5%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Spring	Coahoma
Poverty rate	18.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.39	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1964	1962