Coolidge vs Mexia

A side-by-side comparison of Coolidge and Mexia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mexia has the higher population (6,867 vs 899 in Coolidge). Coolidge has the higher median household income ($37,350 vs $36,589 in Mexia). Mexia has the higher median home value ($92,900 vs $64,000 in Coolidge).

Population, income & housing

	Coolidge	Mexia
Population	899	6,867
Median age	29.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,350	$36,589
Median home value	$64,000	$92,900
Median gross rent	$780	$786
Housing units	342	2,846
Homeownership rate	48.6%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coolidge	Mexia
Population	910 → 899 (-1.2%)	7,356 → 6,867 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$34,886 → $37,350 (+7.1%)	$36,565 → $36,589 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $64,000 (+15.1%)	$73,200 → $92,900 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $780 (+25.2%)	$707 → $786 (+11.2%)

Coolidge

Population

910899

Median household income

$34,886$37,350

Median home value

$55,600$64,000

Median gross rent

$623$780

Mexia

Population

7,3566,867

Median household income

$36,565$36,589

Median home value

$73,200$92,900

Median gross rent

$707$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coolidge	Mexia
Under 5	16.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	21.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	10.0%
75 and over	4.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coolidge	Mexia
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	32.3%
Black or African American	18.8%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	55.3%	36.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coolidge	Mexia
No high school diploma	28.5%	16.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coolidge	Mexia
Drove alone	93.5%	85.6%
Carpooled	1.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coolidge	Mexia
1-unit, detached	60.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Coolidge	Mexia
Poverty rate	15.6%	34.6%
Average household size	2.87	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1978	1978