Jewett vs Leona

A side-by-side comparison of Jewett and Leona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jewett has the higher population (848 vs 293 in Leona). Leona has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $117,800 in Jewett). Since 2019, Leona's population has grown faster (+61.0% vs -14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Jewett	Leona
Population	848	293
Median age	27.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,056	—
Median home value	$117,800	$185,500
Median gross rent	$755	—
Housing units	417	125
Homeownership rate	61.5%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jewett	Leona
Population	994 → 848 (-14.7%)	182 → 293 (+61.0%)
Median household income	$37,292 → $53,056 (+42.3%)	—
Median home value	$57,000 → $117,800 (+106.7%)	$112,500 → $185,500 (+64.9%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $755 (+0.3%)	—

Jewett

Population

994848

Median household income

$37,292$53,056

Median home value

$57,000$117,800

Median gross rent

$753$755

Leona

Population

182293

Median home value

$112,500$185,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jewett	Leona
Under 5	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	29.0%	23.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	27.3%
45 to 54	6.1%	2.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	3.1%	2.7%
75 and over	2.2%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jewett	Leona
White (non-Hispanic)	34.9%	98.6%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	46.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jewett	Leona
No high school diploma	26.4%	21.8%
High school graduate	48.7%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	45.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jewett	Leona
Drove alone	67.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	18.1%	26.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jewett	Leona
1-unit, detached	49.2%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	42.4%

Poverty & households

	Jewett	Leona
Poverty rate	31.5%	1.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1986	1992