Mexia vs Tehuacana

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

Mexia and Tehuacana 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 275 in Tehuacana). Tehuacana has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $36,589 in Mexia). Tehuacana has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $92,900 in Mexia).

Population, income & housing

	Mexia	Tehuacana
Population	6,867	275
Median age	37.7 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,589	$64,500
Median home value	$92,900	$125,000
Median gross rent	$786	$900
Housing units	2,846	129
Homeownership rate	57.9%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexia	Tehuacana
Population	7,356 → 6,867 (-6.6%)	195 → 275 (+41.0%)
Median household income	$36,565 → $36,589 (+0.1%)	$37,500 → $64,500 (+72.0%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $92,900 (+26.9%)	$79,600 → $125,000 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $786 (+11.2%)	$725 → $900 (+24.1%)

Mexia

Population

7,3566,867

Median household income

$36,565$36,589

Median home value

$73,200$92,900

Median gross rent

$707$786

Tehuacana

Population

195275

Median household income

$37,500$64,500

Median home value

$79,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$725$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mexia	Tehuacana
Under 5	5.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	5.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	21.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	20.7%
75 and over	6.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexia	Tehuacana
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	74.5%
Black or African American	29.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexia	Tehuacana
No high school diploma	16.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	40.8%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexia	Tehuacana
Drove alone	85.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	13.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexia	Tehuacana
1-unit, detached	67.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Mexia	Tehuacana
Poverty rate	34.6%	30.7%
Average household size	2.65	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1978	1965