Cool vs Peaster

A side-by-side comparison of Cool and Peaster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peaster has the higher population (425 vs 116 in Cool).

Population, income & housing

	Cool	Peaster
Population	116	425
Median age	52.0 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	—
Median gross rent	$2,100	—
Housing units	61	148
Homeownership rate	78.9%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cool	Peaster
Population	178 → 116 (-34.8%)	—
Median household income	$44,531 → $52,188 (+17.2%)	—
Median home value	$129,200 → $164,600 (+27.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$688 → $2,100 (+205.2%)	—

Cool

Population

178116

Median household income

$44,531$52,188

Median home value

$129,200$164,600

Median gross rent

$688$2,100

Peaster

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cool	Peaster
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	15.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	20.7%	29.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	21.6%
75 and over	11.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cool	Peaster
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	79.1%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cool	Peaster
No high school diploma	4.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cool	Peaster
Drove alone	77.3%	60.9%
Carpooled	16.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	39.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cool	Peaster
1-unit, detached	72.1%	96.6%
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	27.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Cool	Peaster
Poverty rate	16.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1987	1990