Shallowater vs Slaton

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

Shallowater 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 2,935 in Shallowater). Shallowater has the higher median household income ($79,848 vs $54,380 in Slaton). Shallowater has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $86,400 in Slaton).

Population, income & housing

	Shallowater	Slaton
Population	2,935	5,811
Median age	36.9 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,848	$54,380
Median home value	$210,400	$86,400
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,042
Housing units	1,083	2,271
Homeownership rate	81.4%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shallowater	Slaton
Population	2,551 → 2,935 (+15.1%)	5,960 → 5,811 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$68,529 → $79,848 (+16.5%)	$36,295 → $54,380 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $210,400 (+41.3%)	$74,100 → $86,400 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)	$761 → $1,042 (+36.9%)

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

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)

	Shallowater	Slaton
Under 5	4.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	27.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.9%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shallowater	Slaton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	45.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	46.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shallowater	Slaton
No high school diploma	7.3%	17.4%
High school graduate	32.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shallowater	Slaton
Drove alone	87.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shallowater	Slaton
1-unit, detached	89.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Shallowater	Slaton
Poverty rate	4.6%	16.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1986	1963