Littlefield vs Olton

A side-by-side comparison of Littlefield and Olton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Littlefield has the higher population (5,886 vs 1,568 in Olton). Littlefield has the higher median household income ($56,312 vs $44,219 in Olton). Littlefield has the higher median home value ($75,400 vs $46,800 in Olton).

Population, income & housing

	Littlefield	Olton
Population	5,886	1,568
Median age	33.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,312	$44,219
Median home value	$75,400	$46,800
Median gross rent	$1,022	$840
Housing units	2,700	703
Homeownership rate	67.5%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Littlefield	Olton
Population	5,956 → 5,886 (-1.2%)	2,013 → 1,568 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$42,156 → $56,312 (+33.6%)	$44,076 → $44,219 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $75,400 (+16.0%)	$62,000 → $46,800 (-24.5%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $1,022 (+32.2%)	$634 → $840 (+32.5%)

Littlefield

Population

5,9565,886

Median household income

$42,156$56,312

Median home value

$65,000$75,400

Median gross rent

$773$1,022

Olton

Population

2,0131,568

Median household income

$44,076$44,219

Median home value

$62,000$46,800

Median gross rent

$634$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Littlefield	Olton
Under 5	9.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.1%
75 and over	6.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Littlefield	Olton
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	20.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	58.3%	77.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Littlefield	Olton
No high school diploma	23.5%	27.2%
High school graduate	32.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Littlefield	Olton
Drove alone	80.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	8.8%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Littlefield	Olton
1-unit, detached	87.0%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Littlefield	Olton
Poverty rate	14.5%	15.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1967	1966