Matador vs Roaring Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Matador and Roaring Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Matador has the higher population (727 vs 256 in Roaring Springs). Matador has the higher median household income ($73,417 vs $36,827 in Roaring Springs). Matador has the higher median home value ($86,300 vs $43,300 in Roaring Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Matador	Roaring Springs
Population	727	256
Median age	44.1 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,417	$36,827
Median home value	$86,300	$43,300
Median gross rent	$580	$839
Housing units	408	121
Homeownership rate	80.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matador	Roaring Springs
Population	799 → 727 (-9.0%)	187 → 256 (+36.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $73,417 (+58.7%)	$35,625 → $36,827 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$58,000 → $86,300 (+48.8%)	$54,400 → $43,300 (-20.4%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $580 (-7.8%)	—

Matador

Population

799727

Median household income

$46,250$73,417

Median home value

$58,000$86,300

Median gross rent

$629$580

Roaring Springs

Population

187256

Median household income

$35,625$36,827

Median home value

$54,400$43,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matador	Roaring Springs
Under 5	10.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	1.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	2.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	37.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.7%
75 and over	12.2%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matador	Roaring Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	73.8%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matador	Roaring Springs
No high school diploma	15.7%	19.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matador	Roaring Springs
Drove alone	76.7%	52.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matador	Roaring Springs
1-unit, detached	87.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Matador	Roaring Springs
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.68	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1953	1958