New Deal vs Slaton

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

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

Slaton has the higher population (5,811 vs 927 in New Deal). New Deal has the higher median household income ($95,375 vs $54,380 in Slaton). Since 2019, New Deal's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	New Deal	Slaton
Population	927	5,811
Median age	45.2 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,375	$54,380
Median home value	—	$86,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	363	2,271
Homeownership rate	90.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Deal	Slaton
Population	915 → 927 (+1.3%)	5,960 → 5,811 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$63,611 → $95,375 (+49.9%)	$36,295 → $54,380 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $73,800 (-1.9%)	$74,100 → $86,400 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,113 (+53.5%)	$761 → $1,042 (+36.9%)

New Deal

Population

915927

Median household income

$63,611$95,375

Median home value

$75,200$73,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,113

Slaton

Population

5,9605,811

Median household income

$36,295$54,380

Median home value

$74,100$86,400

Median gross rent

$761$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Deal	Slaton
Under 5	3.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	13.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	25.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.9%
75 and over	7.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Deal	Slaton
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	45.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	7.4%
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	2.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	41.1%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Deal	Slaton
No high school diploma	17.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Deal	Slaton
Drove alone	77.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Deal	Slaton
1-unit, detached	47.7%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	52.3%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	New Deal	Slaton
Poverty rate	21.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1978	1963