Booker vs Higgins

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

Booker and Higgins 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 499 in Higgins). Booker has the higher median household income ($67,569 vs $56,875 in Higgins). Booker has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $93,600 in Higgins).

Population, income & housing

	Booker	Higgins
Population	1,283	499
Median age	34.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,569	$56,875
Median home value	$141,400	$93,600
Median gross rent	$860	$725
Housing units	568	224
Homeownership rate	75.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	20.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Booker	Higgins
Population	1,421 → 1,283 (-9.7%)	595 → 499 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$59,792 → $67,569 (+13.0%)	$49,583 → $56,875 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $141,400 (+32.3%)	$67,500 → $93,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $860 (+19.4%)	$715 → $725 (+1.4%)

Booker

Population

1,4211,283

Median household income

$59,792$67,569

Median home value

$106,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$720$860

Higgins

Population

595499

Median household income

$49,583$56,875

Median home value

$67,500$93,600

Median gross rent

$715$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Booker	Higgins
Under 5	8.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	35.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	18.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	3.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	6.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.0%
75 and over	5.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Booker	Higgins
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Booker	Higgins
No high school diploma	27.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	24.5%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Booker	Higgins
Drove alone	90.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Booker	Higgins
1-unit, detached	75.9%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Booker	Higgins
Poverty rate	15.6%	24.2%
Average household size	2.69	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1977	1973