Follett vs Higgins

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

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

Higgins has the higher population (499 vs 346 in Follett). Follett has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $56,875 in Higgins). Follett has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $93,600 in Higgins).

Population, income & housing

	Follett	Higgins
Population	346	499
Median age	46.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$56,875
Median home value	$108,300	$93,600
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	216	224
Homeownership rate	87.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	20.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Follett	Higgins
Population	433 → 346 (-20.1%)	595 → 499 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$56,563 → $87,083 (+54.0%)	$49,583 → $56,875 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $108,300 (+25.8%)	$67,500 → $93,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $806 (+12.4%)	$715 → $725 (+1.4%)

Follett

Population

433346

Median household income

$56,563$87,083

Median home value

$86,100$108,300

Median gross rent

$717$806

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)

	Follett	Higgins
Under 5	3.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	35.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	3.4%
55 to 64	20.5%	6.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.0%
75 and over	11.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Follett	Higgins
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	2.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Follett	Higgins
No high school diploma	8.3%	12.4%
High school graduate	17.1%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Follett	Higgins
Drove alone	75.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	21.1%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Follett	Higgins
1-unit, detached	95.8%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Follett	Higgins
Poverty rate	7.9%	24.2%
Average household size	2.60	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1960	1973