New Home vs Tahoka

A side-by-side comparison of New Home and Tahoka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tahoka has the higher population (2,455 vs 355 in New Home). New Home has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $52,576 in Tahoka). New Home has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $113,400 in Tahoka).

Population, income & housing

	New Home	Tahoka
Population	355	2,455
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$52,576
Median home value	$148,400	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$965
Housing units	158	1,112
Homeownership rate	76.6%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Home	Tahoka
Population	789 → 355 (-55.0%)	2,603 → 2,455 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$70,083 → $56,563 (-19.3%)	$31,875 → $52,576 (+64.9%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $148,400 (+10.7%)	$71,500 → $113,400 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $646 (+4.4%)	$621 → $965 (+55.4%)

New Home

Population

789355

Median household income

$70,083$56,563

Median home value

$134,100$148,400

Median gross rent

$619$646

Tahoka

Population

2,6032,455

Median household income

$31,875$52,576

Median home value

$71,500$113,400

Median gross rent

$621$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Home	Tahoka
Under 5	2.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	18.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.1%
75 and over	5.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Home	Tahoka
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	47.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	49.9%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Home	Tahoka
No high school diploma	12.8%	19.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Home	Tahoka
Drove alone	85.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Home	Tahoka
1-unit, detached	89.2%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	New Home	Tahoka
Poverty rate	20.6%	21.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1969	1966