Ransom Canyon vs Slaton

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

Ransom Canyon 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 1,081 in Ransom Canyon). Ransom Canyon has the higher median household income ($111,458 vs $54,380 in Slaton). Ransom Canyon has the higher median home value ($311,600 vs $86,400 in Slaton).

Population, income & housing

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
Population	1,081	5,811
Median age	53.2 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,458	$54,380
Median home value	$311,600	$86,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	531	2,271
Homeownership rate	98.5%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
Population	1,056 → 1,081 (+2.4%)	5,960 → 5,811 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $111,458 (+6.2%)	$36,295 → $54,380 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$252,700 → $311,600 (+23.3%)	$74,100 → $86,400 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,390 (+13.7%)	$761 → $1,042 (+36.9%)

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

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)

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
Under 5	3.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	4.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.9%
75 and over	17.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	45.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
No high school diploma	4.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	16.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
Drove alone	84.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
1-unit, detached	99.2%	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	0.8%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Ransom Canyon	Slaton
Poverty rate	3.5%	16.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1987	1963