Marfa vs Presidio

A side-by-side comparison of Marfa and Presidio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Presidio has the higher population (3,226 vs 2,179 in Marfa). Marfa has the higher median household income ($38,205 vs $16,762 in Presidio). Marfa has the higher median home value ($217,600 vs $59,300 in Presidio).

Population, income & housing

	Marfa	Presidio
Population	2,179	3,226
Median age	54.2 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,205	$16,762
Median home value	$217,600	$59,300
Median gross rent	$395	—
Housing units	1,349	1,474
Homeownership rate	77.3%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marfa	Presidio
Population	1,831 → 2,179 (+19.0%)	4,019 → 3,226 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$39,063 → $38,205 (-2.2%)	$20,794 → $16,762 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $217,600 (+29.4%)	$59,600 → $59,300 (-0.5%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $395 (-44.8%)	$408 → $391 (-4.2%)

Marfa

Population

1,8312,179

Median household income

$39,063$38,205

Median home value

$168,100$217,600

Median gross rent

$716$395

Presidio

Population

4,0193,226

Median household income

$20,794$16,762

Median home value

$59,600$59,300

Median gross rent

$408$391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marfa	Presidio
Under 5	5.0%	10.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	29.1%
18 to 24	1.8%	14.0%
25 to 34	3.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	2.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	21.1%	6.5%
75 and over	14.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marfa	Presidio
White (non-Hispanic)	44.6%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	97.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marfa	Presidio
No high school diploma	26.4%	46.4%
High school graduate	20.1%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marfa	Presidio
Drove alone	50.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	2.0%	25.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	13.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	0.0%
Other means	6.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marfa	Presidio
1-unit, detached	70.7%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Marfa	Presidio
Poverty rate	25.6%	50.7%
Average household size	2.09	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	6	14
Median year structure built	1953	1991