China Spring vs Riesel

A side-by-side comparison of China Spring and Riesel: population, income, housing, and more.

China Spring and Riesel are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

China Spring has the higher population (1,420 vs 1,337 in Riesel). Riesel has the higher median household income ($108,646 vs $73,850 in China Spring). China Spring has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $142,500 in Riesel).

Population, income & housing

	China Spring	Riesel
Population	1,420	1,337
Median age	32.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,850	$108,646
Median home value	$212,500	$142,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,139
Housing units	411	485
Homeownership rate	87.6%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	China Spring	Riesel
Population	1,455 → 1,420 (-2.4%)	1,141 → 1,337 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$62,333 → $73,850 (+18.5%)	$64,318 → $108,646 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$166,300 → $212,500 (+27.8%)	$88,400 → $142,500 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $932 (-3.0%)	$895 → $1,139 (+27.3%)

China Spring

Population

1,4551,420

Median household income

$62,333$73,850

Median home value

$166,300$212,500

Median gross rent

$961$932

Riesel

Population

1,1411,337

Median household income

$64,318$108,646

Median home value

$88,400$142,500

Median gross rent

$895$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	China Spring	Riesel
Under 5	3.5%	10.3%
5 to 17	24.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	15.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	6.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	5.2%
75 and over	3.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	China Spring	Riesel
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	China Spring	Riesel
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	China Spring	Riesel
Drove alone	72.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.0%
Other means	10.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	China Spring	Riesel
1-unit, detached	80.0%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	China Spring	Riesel
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.9%
Average household size	3.45	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1985	1981