Refugio vs Tivoli

A side-by-side comparison of Refugio and Tivoli: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Refugio has the higher population (2,729 vs 533 in Tivoli). Tivoli has the higher median household income ($65,750 vs $56,193 in Refugio). Refugio has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $49,200 in Tivoli).

Population, income & housing

	Refugio	Tivoli
Population	2,729	533
Median age	38.4 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,193	$65,750
Median home value	$85,000	$49,200
Median gross rent	$748	$929
Housing units	1,133	291
Homeownership rate	59.2%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Refugio	Tivoli
Population	2,806 → 2,729 (-2.7%)	527 → 533 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$52,929 → $56,193 (+6.2%)	$49,118 → $65,750 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $85,000 (+8.6%)	$71,000 → $49,200 (-30.7%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $748 (+28.3%)	$825 → $929 (+12.6%)

Refugio

Population

2,8062,729

Median household income

$52,929$56,193

Median home value

$78,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$583$748

Tivoli

Population

527533

Median household income

$49,118$65,750

Median home value

$71,000$49,200

Median gross rent

$825$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Refugio	Tivoli
Under 5	6.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	24.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	18.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	23.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	20.8%
75 and over	8.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Refugio	Tivoli
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	29.3%
Black or African American	13.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	60.6%	68.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Refugio	Tivoli
No high school diploma	17.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Refugio	Tivoli
Drove alone	80.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	13.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Refugio	Tivoli
1-unit, detached	76.5%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Refugio	Tivoli
Poverty rate	30.1%	4.1%
Average household size	3.08	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1966	1973