Ballinger vs Winters

A side-by-side comparison of Ballinger and Winters: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ballinger has the higher population (3,599 vs 2,202 in Winters). Ballinger has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $46,063 in Winters). Ballinger has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $55,800 in Winters).

Population, income & housing

	Ballinger	Winters
Population	3,599	2,202
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$46,063
Median home value	$109,000	$55,800
Median gross rent	$935	$738
Housing units	1,715	1,106
Homeownership rate	70.3%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballinger	Winters
Population	3,659 → 3,599 (-1.6%)	2,858 → 2,202 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $61,250 (+43.1%)	$34,256 → $46,063 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $109,000 (+42.1%)	$42,300 → $55,800 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $935 (+22.2%)	$612 → $738 (+20.6%)

Ballinger

Population

3,6593,599

Median household income

$42,813$61,250

Median home value

$76,700$109,000

Median gross rent

$765$935

Winters

Population

2,8582,202

Median household income

$34,256$46,063

Median home value

$42,300$55,800

Median gross rent

$612$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballinger	Winters
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	7.1%
75 and over	7.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballinger	Winters
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	52.4%
Black or African American	6.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	42.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballinger	Winters
No high school diploma	10.0%	20.5%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballinger	Winters
Drove alone	89.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballinger	Winters
1-unit, detached	90.4%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Ballinger	Winters
Poverty rate	10.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1956	1957