Abilene vs Tuscola

A side-by-side comparison of Abilene and Tuscola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abilene has the higher population (127,130 vs 989 in Tuscola). Tuscola has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $62,720 in Abilene). Abilene has the higher median home value ($178,900 vs $143,300 in Tuscola).

Population, income & housing

	Abilene	Tuscola
Population	127,130	989
Median age	32.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,720	$76,250
Median home value	$178,900	$143,300
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,283
Housing units	52,729	371
Homeownership rate	55.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abilene	Tuscola
Population	124,156 → 127,130 (+2.4%)	731 → 989 (+35.3%)
Median household income	$50,659 → $62,720 (+23.8%)	$53,409 → $76,250 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $178,900 (+48.6%)	$105,800 → $143,300 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,106 (+19.7%)	$1,057 → $1,283 (+21.4%)

Abilene

Population

124,156127,130

Median household income

$50,659$62,720

Median home value

$120,400$178,900

Median gross rent

$924$1,106

Tuscola

Population

731989

Median household income

$53,409$76,250

Median home value

$105,800$143,300

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abilene	Tuscola
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	15.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	3.9%
75 and over	6.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abilene	Tuscola
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	9.9%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abilene	Tuscola
No high school diploma	11.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abilene	Tuscola
Drove alone	77.8%	88.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abilene	Tuscola
1-unit, detached	69.7%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Abilene	Tuscola
Poverty rate	14.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1974	1976