Petty vs Powderly

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

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

Powderly has the higher population (1,361 vs 155 in Petty). Petty has the higher median household income ($100,605 vs $95,742 in Powderly). Since 2019, Petty's population has grown faster (+63.2% vs +27.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Petty	Powderly
Population	155	1,361
Median age	54.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,605	$95,742
Median home value	—	$207,400
Housing units	118	619
Homeownership rate	62.7%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petty	Powderly
Population	95 → 155 (+63.2%)	1,064 → 1,361 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$62,639 → $100,605 (+60.6%)	$63,563 → $95,742 (+50.6%)
Median home value	—	$90,000 → $207,400 (+130.4%)

Petty

Population

95155

Median household income

$62,639$100,605

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)

	Petty	Powderly
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	28.7%
35 to 44	45.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	29.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.3%
75 and over	4.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petty	Powderly
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	25.2%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petty	Powderly
No high school diploma	34.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petty	Powderly
Drove alone	100.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petty	Powderly
1-unit, detached	27.1%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	29.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.2%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Petty	Powderly
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1994	1997