Chula Vista vs Seco Mines

A side-by-side comparison of Chula Vista and Seco Mines: population, income, housing, and more.

Chula Vista and Seco Mines are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chula Vista has the higher population (4,884 vs 1,029 in Seco Mines). Seco Mines has the higher median household income ($39,315 vs $33,750 in Chula Vista). Since 2019, Seco Mines's population has grown faster (+88.8% vs +3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
Population	4,884	1,029
Median age	37.4 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$39,315
Median home value	$83,100	—
Median gross rent	$967	$642
Housing units	1,815	249
Homeownership rate	82.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	23.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
Population	4,722 → 4,884 (+3.4%)	545 → 1,029 (+88.8%)
Median household income	$38,893 → $33,750 (-13.2%)	$39,074 → $39,315 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $83,100 (+3.9%)	$76,000 → $85,900 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,070 → $967 (-9.6%)	$693 → $642 (-7.4%)

Chula Vista

Population

4,7224,884

Median household income

$38,893$33,750

Median home value

$80,000$83,100

Median gross rent

$1,070$967

Seco Mines

Population

5451,029

Median household income

$39,074$39,315

Median home value

$76,000$85,900

Median gross rent

$693$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	32.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	2.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	34.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	4.1%
75 and over	6.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	22.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	77.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
No high school diploma	52.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	75.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	4.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
Drove alone	80.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
1-unit, detached	54.0%	25.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	37.8%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.0%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Chula Vista	Seco Mines
Poverty rate	24.8%	62.9%
Average household size	2.94	4.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1997	1938