Retreat vs Rice

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

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

Rice has the higher population (1,168 vs 654 in Retreat). Retreat has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $64,063 in Rice). Retreat has the higher median home value ($184,500 vs $89,600 in Rice).

Population, income & housing

	Retreat	Rice
Population	654	1,168
Median age	37.9 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$64,063
Median home value	$184,500	$89,600
Median gross rent	$1,583	$1,210
Housing units	231	395
Homeownership rate	95.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Retreat	Rice
Population	459 → 654 (+42.5%)	1,092 → 1,168 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$57,813 → $86,667 (+49.9%)	$60,625 → $64,063 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $184,500 (+44.0%)	$91,400 → $89,600 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,583 (+44.7%)	$859 → $1,210 (+40.9%)

Retreat

Population

459654

Median household income

$57,813$86,667

Median home value

$128,100$184,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,583

Rice

Population

1,0921,168

Median household income

$60,625$64,063

Median home value

$91,400$89,600

Median gross rent

$859$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Retreat	Rice
Under 5	4.4%	15.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	13.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	19.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	4.1%	6.1%
75 and over	3.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Retreat	Rice
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	31.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	47.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Retreat	Rice
No high school diploma	23.5%	25.6%
High school graduate	37.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Retreat	Rice
Drove alone	86.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.4%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Retreat	Rice
1-unit, detached	96.1%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	51.6%

Poverty & households

	Retreat	Rice
Poverty rate	4.3%	13.3%
Average household size	3.11	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1991	1994