Booker vs Follett

A side-by-side comparison of Booker and Follett: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Booker has the higher population (1,283 vs 346 in Follett). Follett has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $67,569 in Booker). Booker has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $108,300 in Follett).

Population, income & housing

	Booker	Follett
Population	1,283	346
Median age	34.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,569	$87,083
Median home value	$141,400	$108,300
Median gross rent	$860	—
Housing units	568	216
Homeownership rate	75.2%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Booker	Follett
Population	1,421 → 1,283 (-9.7%)	433 → 346 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$59,792 → $67,569 (+13.0%)	$56,563 → $87,083 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $141,400 (+32.3%)	$86,100 → $108,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $860 (+19.4%)	$717 → $806 (+12.4%)

Booker

Population

1,4211,283

Median household income

$59,792$67,569

Median home value

$106,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$720$860

Follett

Population

433346

Median household income

$56,563$87,083

Median home value

$86,100$108,300

Median gross rent

$717$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Booker	Follett
Under 5	8.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.7%	23.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	20.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.6%
75 and over	5.7%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Booker	Follett
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Booker	Follett
No high school diploma	27.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	24.5%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Booker	Follett
Drove alone	90.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Booker	Follett
1-unit, detached	75.9%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Booker	Follett
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1977	1960