Paris vs Powderly

A side-by-side comparison of Paris and Powderly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paris has the higher population (24,678 vs 1,361 in Powderly). Powderly has the higher median household income ($95,742 vs $45,439 in Paris). Powderly has the higher median home value ($207,400 vs $128,300 in Paris).

Population, income & housing

	Paris	Powderly
Population	24,678	1,361
Median age	36.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,439	$95,742
Median home value	$128,300	$207,400
Median gross rent	$903	—
Housing units	11,734	619
Homeownership rate	48.1%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paris	Powderly
Population	24,807 → 24,678 (-0.5%)	1,064 → 1,361 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$32,544 → $45,439 (+39.6%)	$63,563 → $95,742 (+50.6%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $128,300 (+58.2%)	$90,000 → $207,400 (+130.4%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $903 (+25.1%)	—

Paris

Population

24,80724,678

Median household income

$32,544$45,439

Median home value

$81,100$128,300

Median gross rent

$722$903

Powderly

Population

1,0641,361

Median household income

$63,563$95,742

Median home value

$90,000$207,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paris	Powderly
Under 5	7.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	1.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	28.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.3%
75 and over	8.4%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paris	Powderly
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	22.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paris	Powderly
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paris	Powderly
Drove alone	75.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paris	Powderly
1-unit, detached	68.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Paris	Powderly
Poverty rate	25.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1978	1997