El Quiote vs Palo Blanco

A side-by-side comparison of El Quiote and Palo Blanco: population, income, housing, and more.

El Quiote and Palo Blanco are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palo Blanco has the higher population (56 vs 51 in El Quiote). Since 2019, Palo Blanco's population has grown faster (-31.7% vs -70.3%).

Population, income & housing

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
Population	51	56
Median age	—	70.4 yrs
Housing units	31	37
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
Population	172 → 51 (-70.3%)	82 → 56 (-31.7%)
Median household income	$11,276 → $12,153 (+7.8%)	—

El Quiote

Population

17251

Median household income

$11,276$12,153

Palo Blanco

Population

8256

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	39.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	60.8%	39.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	60.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
No high school diploma	100.0%	60.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
Drove alone	100.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	100.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	El Quiote	Palo Blanco
Poverty rate	100.0%	100.0%
Average household size	1.65	1.51