Idalou vs New Deal

A side-by-side comparison of Idalou and New Deal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Idalou has the higher population (2,389 vs 927 in New Deal). New Deal has the higher median household income ($95,375 vs $70,655 in Idalou). Since 2019, Idalou's population has grown faster (+18.4% vs +1.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Idalou	New Deal
Population	2,389	927
Median age	37.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,655	$95,375
Median home value	$175,700	—
Median gross rent	$672	—
Housing units	1,008	363
Homeownership rate	68.3%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idalou	New Deal
Population	2,018 → 2,389 (+18.4%)	915 → 927 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$58,077 → $70,655 (+21.7%)	$63,611 → $95,375 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $175,700 (+60.8%)	$75,200 → $73,800 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $672 (+40.0%)	$725 → $1,113 (+53.5%)

Idalou

Population

2,0182,389

Median household income

$58,077$70,655

Median home value

$109,300$175,700

Median gross rent

$480$672

New Deal

Population

915927

Median household income

$63,611$95,375

Median home value

$75,200$73,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idalou	New Deal
Under 5	5.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	25.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.7%
75 and over	14.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idalou	New Deal
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	54.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	57.0%	41.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idalou	New Deal
No high school diploma	13.4%	17.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idalou	New Deal
Drove alone	79.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	14.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idalou	New Deal
1-unit, detached	84.7%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	52.3%

Poverty & households

	Idalou	New Deal
Poverty rate	13.1%	21.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1973	1978