Aransas Pass vs Mathis

A side-by-side comparison of Aransas Pass and Mathis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aransas Pass has the higher population (8,807 vs 4,322 in Mathis). Aransas Pass has the higher median household income ($59,359 vs $31,090 in Mathis). Aransas Pass has the higher median home value ($212,100 vs $74,600 in Mathis).

Population, income & housing

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
Population	8,807	4,322
Median age	42.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,359	$31,090
Median home value	$212,100	$74,600
Median gross rent	$1,146	$570
Housing units	4,890	1,961
Homeownership rate	61.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
Population	8,088 → 8,807 (+8.9%)	4,826 → 4,322 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$43,728 → $59,359 (+35.7%)	$31,818 → $31,090 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $212,100 (+87.9%)	$49,200 → $74,600 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,146 (+29.8%)	$678 → $570 (-15.9%)

Aransas Pass

Population

8,0888,807

Median household income

$43,728$59,359

Median home value

$112,900$212,100

Median gross rent

$883$1,146

Mathis

Population

4,8264,322

Median household income

$31,818$31,090

Median home value

$49,200$74,600

Median gross rent

$678$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	25.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.4%
75 and over	9.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
White (non-Hispanic)	44.3%	16.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	46.1%	80.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
No high school diploma	11.4%	36.7%
High school graduate	44.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
Drove alone	76.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.1%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
1-unit, detached	58.4%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Aransas Pass	Mathis
Poverty rate	16.2%	33.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1990	1971