Agua Dulce vs Petronila

A side-by-side comparison of Agua Dulce and Petronila: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Agua Dulce has the higher population (307 vs 78 in Petronila). Petronila has the higher median household income ($121,042 vs $48,750 in Agua Dulce). Petronila has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $72,900 in Agua Dulce).

Population, income & housing

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
Population	307	78
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$121,042
Median home value	$72,900	$275,000
Housing units	154	38
Homeownership rate	86.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
Population	871 → 307 (-64.8%)	103 → 78 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$43,375 → $48,750 (+12.4%)	$42,000 → $121,042 (+188.2%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $72,900 (-9.7%)	$170,800 → $275,000 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,042 (-3.3%)	—

Agua Dulce

Population

871307

Median household income

$43,375$48,750

Median home value

$80,700$72,900

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,042

Petronila

Population

10378

Median household income

$42,000$121,042

Median home value

$170,800$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
Under 5	6.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	3.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	42.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	2.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	6.4%
75 and over	8.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	10.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	71.7%	89.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
No high school diploma	21.8%	33.3%
High school graduate	51.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	3.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
Drove alone	81.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	24.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
1-unit, detached	90.3%	76.3%
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	9.7%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Agua Dulce	Petronila
Poverty rate	7.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1958	1991