New Deal vs Shallowater

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

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

Shallowater has the higher population (2,935 vs 927 in New Deal). New Deal has the higher median household income ($95,375 vs $79,848 in Shallowater). Since 2019, Shallowater's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs +1.3%).

Population, income & housing

	New Deal	Shallowater
Population	927	2,935
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,375	$79,848
Median home value	—	$210,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,179
Housing units	363	1,083
Homeownership rate	90.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Deal	Shallowater
Population	915 → 927 (+1.3%)	2,551 → 2,935 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$63,611 → $95,375 (+49.9%)	$68,529 → $79,848 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $73,800 (-1.9%)	$148,900 → $210,400 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,113 (+53.5%)	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)

New Deal

Population

915927

Median household income

$63,611$95,375

Median home value

$75,200$73,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,113

Shallowater

Population

2,5512,935

Median household income

$68,529$79,848

Median home value

$148,900$210,400

Median gross rent

$922$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Deal	Shallowater
Under 5	3.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	27.4%
18 to 24	13.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	25.6%	16.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.7%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Deal	Shallowater
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	65.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	41.1%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Deal	Shallowater
No high school diploma	17.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Deal	Shallowater
Drove alone	77.0%	87.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Deal	Shallowater
1-unit, detached	47.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.3%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	New Deal	Shallowater
Poverty rate	21.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1978	1986