Refugio vs Woodsboro

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

Refugio and Woodsboro 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 1,240 in Woodsboro). Woodsboro has the higher median household income ($67,969 vs $56,193 in Refugio). Refugio has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $81,700 in Woodsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Refugio	Woodsboro
Population	2,729	1,240
Median age	38.4 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,193	$67,969
Median home value	$85,000	$81,700
Median gross rent	$748	$960
Housing units	1,133	503
Homeownership rate	59.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Refugio	Woodsboro
Population	2,806 → 2,729 (-2.7%)	1,344 → 1,240 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$52,929 → $56,193 (+6.2%)	$44,637 → $67,969 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $85,000 (+8.6%)	$76,000 → $81,700 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $748 (+28.3%)	$875 → $960 (+9.7%)

Refugio

Population

2,8062,729

Median household income

$52,929$56,193

Median home value

$78,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$583$748

Woodsboro

Population

1,3441,240

Median household income

$44,637$67,969

Median home value

$76,000$81,700

Median gross rent

$875$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Refugio	Woodsboro
Under 5	6.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	24.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	22.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Refugio	Woodsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	33.5%
Black or African American	13.0%	0.6%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	60.6%	65.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Refugio	Woodsboro
No high school diploma	17.7%	18.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Refugio	Woodsboro
Drove alone	80.9%	96.3%
Carpooled	13.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Refugio	Woodsboro
1-unit, detached	76.5%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Refugio	Woodsboro
Poverty rate	30.1%	6.7%
Average household size	3.08	3.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1966	1959