Blackwell vs Roscoe

A side-by-side comparison of Blackwell and Roscoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roscoe has the higher population (1,347 vs 233 in Blackwell). Blackwell has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $52,935 in Roscoe). Roscoe has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $78,600 in Blackwell).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwell	Roscoe
Population	233	1,347
Median age	41.3 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$52,935
Median home value	$78,600	$80,700
Median gross rent	$717	$1,042
Housing units	119	577
Homeownership rate	71.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwell	Roscoe
Population	201 → 233 (+15.9%)	1,361 → 1,347 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $67,500 (+64.3%)	$57,857 → $52,935 (-8.5%)
Median home value	$46,800 → $78,600 (+67.9%)	$69,900 → $80,700 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$505 → $717 (+42.0%)	$715 → $1,042 (+45.7%)

Blackwell

Population

201233

Median household income

$41,071$67,500

Median home value

$46,800$78,600

Median gross rent

$505$717

Roscoe

Population

1,3611,347

Median household income

$57,857$52,935

Median home value

$69,900$80,700

Median gross rent

$715$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwell	Roscoe
Under 5	8.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	25.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	21.9%	20.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	4.8%
65 to 74	17.2%	5.2%
75 and over	6.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwell	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	50.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	44.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwell	Roscoe
No high school diploma	8.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	22.2%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwell	Roscoe
Drove alone	62.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	23.7%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwell	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	77.3%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Blackwell	Roscoe
Poverty rate	8.6%	13.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1963	1969