Imperial vs Iraan

A side-by-side comparison of Imperial and Iraan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iraan has the higher population (1,415 vs 276 in Imperial). Iraan has the higher median home value ($94,100 vs $91,300 in Imperial). Since 2019, Iraan's population has grown faster (+23.0% vs -10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial	Iraan
Population	276	1,415
Median age	36.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,167
Median home value	$91,300	$94,100
Median gross rent	—	$965
Housing units	109	592
Homeownership rate	81.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial	Iraan
Population	308 → 276 (-10.4%)	1,150 → 1,415 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$74,750 → $105,769 (+41.5%)	$66,705 → $42,167 (-36.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $91,300 (+14.1%)	$111,500 → $94,100 (-15.6%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $365 (-16.7%)	$771 → $965 (+25.2%)

Imperial

Population

308276

Median household income

$74,750$105,769

Median home value

$80,000$91,300

Median gross rent

$438$365

Iraan

Population

1,1501,415

Median household income

$66,705$42,167

Median home value

$111,500$94,100

Median gross rent

$771$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imperial	Iraan
Under 5	21.7%	0.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	35.8%
18 to 24	18.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	19.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	2.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	2.2%	11.0%
75 and over	11.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial	Iraan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	54.2%
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	10.5%	45.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial	Iraan
No high school diploma	7.9%	31.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial	Iraan
Drove alone	88.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	25.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial	Iraan
1-unit, detached	83.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Imperial	Iraan
Poverty rate	8.7%	27.2%
Average household size	2.97	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1968	1967