Troup vs Whitehouse

A side-by-side comparison of Troup and Whitehouse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitehouse has the higher population (8,794 vs 1,965 in Troup). Whitehouse has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $51,563 in Troup). Whitehouse has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $131,800 in Troup).

Population, income & housing

	Troup	Whitehouse
Population	1,965	8,794
Median age	33.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,563	$72,500
Median home value	$131,800	$216,000
Median gross rent	$966	$1,447
Housing units	854	3,323
Homeownership rate	64.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Troup	Whitehouse
Population	1,928 → 1,965 (+1.9%)	8,489 → 8,794 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$38,250 → $51,563 (+34.8%)	$68,462 → $72,500 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $131,800 (+44.8%)	$155,500 → $216,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $966 (+7.8%)	$1,160 → $1,447 (+24.7%)

Troup

Population

1,9281,965

Median household income

$38,250$51,563

Median home value

$91,000$131,800

Median gross rent

$896$966

Whitehouse

Population

8,4898,794

Median household income

$68,462$72,500

Median home value

$155,500$216,000

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Troup	Whitehouse
Under 5	3.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	26.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.4%
75 and over	4.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Troup	Whitehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	78.1%
Black or African American	18.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Troup	Whitehouse
No high school diploma	20.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Troup	Whitehouse
Drove alone	82.1%	85.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Troup	Whitehouse
1-unit, detached	72.4%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Troup	Whitehouse
Poverty rate	28.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.91	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1968	1992