Balmorhea vs Town of Pecos

A side-by-side comparison of Balmorhea and Town of Pecos: population, income, housing, and more.

Balmorhea and Town of Pecos are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Town of Pecos has the higher population (11,485 vs 505 in Balmorhea). Town of Pecos has the higher median household income ($56,361 vs $29,375 in Balmorhea). Town of Pecos has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $56,700 in Balmorhea).

Population, income & housing

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
Population	505	11,485
Median age	41.8 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,375	$56,361
Median home value	$56,700	$113,800
Median gross rent	$1,088	$986
Housing units	188	4,217
Homeownership rate	71.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
Population	836 → 505 (-39.6%)	11,919 → 11,485 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$64,500 → $29,375 (-54.5%)	$56,058 → $56,361 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $56,700 (+0.0%)	$109,400 → $113,800 (+4.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $986 (+3.8%)

Balmorhea

Population

836505

Median household income

$64,500$29,375

Median home value

$56,700$56,700

Town of Pecos

Population

11,91911,485

Median household income

$56,058$56,361

Median home value

$109,400$113,800

Median gross rent

$950$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	19.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	1.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	5.5%	7.0%
65 to 74	22.8%	6.6%
75 and over	4.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
White (non-Hispanic)	23.6%	10.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	76.4%	86.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
No high school diploma	19.2%	29.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
Drove alone	81.8%	83.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	18.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
1-unit, detached	73.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Balmorhea	Town of Pecos
Poverty rate	39.8%	20.7%
Average household size	3.22	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1959	1970