Frost vs Retreat

A side-by-side comparison of Frost and Retreat: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frost has the higher population (971 vs 654 in Retreat). Frost has the higher median household income ($89,750 vs $86,667 in Retreat). Retreat has the higher median home value ($184,500 vs $124,800 in Frost).

Population, income & housing

	Frost	Retreat
Population	971	654
Median age	29.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,750	$86,667
Median home value	$124,800	$184,500
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,583
Housing units	302	231
Homeownership rate	84.7%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frost	Retreat
Population	800 → 971 (+21.4%)	459 → 654 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $89,750 (+95.8%)	$57,813 → $86,667 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $124,800 (+103.3%)	$128,100 → $184,500 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $1,018 (+42.8%)	$1,094 → $1,583 (+44.7%)

Frost

Population

800971

Median household income

$45,833$89,750

Median home value

$61,400$124,800

Median gross rent

$713$1,018

Retreat

Population

459654

Median household income

$57,813$86,667

Median home value

$128,100$184,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frost	Retreat
Under 5	10.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	25.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	14.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	19.3%
55 to 64	6.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	3.5%	4.1%
75 and over	4.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frost	Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	56.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.5%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frost	Retreat
No high school diploma	29.5%	23.5%
High school graduate	18.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frost	Retreat
Drove alone	91.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frost	Retreat
1-unit, detached	90.7%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Frost	Retreat
Poverty rate	6.1%	4.3%
Average household size	3.53	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1958	1991