Lorena vs Riesel

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

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

Lorena has the higher population (1,506 vs 1,337 in Riesel). Riesel has the higher median household income ($108,646 vs $87,337 in Lorena). Lorena has the higher median home value ($263,600 vs $142,500 in Riesel).

Population, income & housing

	Lorena	Riesel
Population	1,506	1,337
Median age	36.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,337	$108,646
Median home value	$263,600	$142,500
Median gross rent	$1,352	$1,139
Housing units	599	485
Homeownership rate	77.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorena	Riesel
Population	1,995 → 1,506 (-24.5%)	1,141 → 1,337 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $87,337 (+10.9%)	$64,318 → $108,646 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $263,600 (+62.8%)	$88,400 → $142,500 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,352 (+62.5%)	$895 → $1,139 (+27.3%)

Lorena

Population

1,9951,506

Median household income

$78,750$87,337

Median home value

$161,900$263,600

Median gross rent

$832$1,352

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)

	Lorena	Riesel
Under 5	5.3%	10.3%
5 to 17	25.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.2%
75 and over	8.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorena	Riesel
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	79.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorena	Riesel
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	19.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorena	Riesel
Drove alone	84.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorena	Riesel
1-unit, detached	82.0%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Lorena	Riesel
Poverty rate	3.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.67	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1983	1981