Idalou vs Ransom Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Idalou and Ransom Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Idalou and Ransom Canyon 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 1,081 in Ransom Canyon). Ransom Canyon has the higher median household income ($111,458 vs $70,655 in Idalou). Ransom Canyon has the higher median home value ($311,600 vs $175,700 in Idalou).

Population, income & housing

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
Population	2,389	1,081
Median age	37.4 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,655	$111,458
Median home value	$175,700	$311,600
Median gross rent	$672	—
Housing units	1,008	531
Homeownership rate	68.3%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
Population	2,018 → 2,389 (+18.4%)	1,056 → 1,081 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$58,077 → $70,655 (+21.7%)	$105,000 → $111,458 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $175,700 (+60.8%)	$252,700 → $311,600 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $672 (+40.0%)	$1,222 → $1,390 (+13.7%)

Idalou

Population

2,0182,389

Median household income

$58,077$70,655

Median home value

$109,300$175,700

Median gross rent

$480$672

Ransom Canyon

Population

1,0561,081

Median household income

$105,000$111,458

Median home value

$252,700$311,600

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
Under 5	5.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.3%
75 and over	14.2%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	57.0%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
No high school diploma	13.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
Drove alone	79.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	14.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
1-unit, detached	84.7%	99.2%
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%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Idalou	Ransom Canyon
Poverty rate	13.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1973	1987