Abilene vs Tye

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

Abilene and Tye 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 933 in Tye). Abilene has the higher median household income ($62,720 vs $54,038 in Tye). Abilene has the higher median home value ($178,900 vs $58,000 in Tye).

Population, income & housing

	Abilene	Tye
Population	127,130	933
Median age	32.8 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,720	$54,038
Median home value	$178,900	$58,000
Median gross rent	$1,106	$950
Housing units	52,729	493
Homeownership rate	55.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abilene	Tye
Population	124,156 → 127,130 (+2.4%)	1,206 → 933 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$50,659 → $62,720 (+23.8%)	$45,111 → $54,038 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $178,900 (+48.6%)	$68,100 → $58,000 (-14.8%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,106 (+19.7%)	$857 → $950 (+10.9%)

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

Tye

Population

1,206933

Median household income

$45,111$54,038

Median home value

$68,100$58,000

Median gross rent

$857$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abilene	Tye
Under 5	6.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	15.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	21.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	17.4%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abilene	Tye
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	73.0%
Black or African American	9.9%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.9%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abilene	Tye
No high school diploma	11.7%	22.9%
High school graduate	30.1%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abilene	Tye
Drove alone	77.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.9%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abilene	Tye
1-unit, detached	69.7%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
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%	63.5%

Poverty & households

	Abilene	Tye
Poverty rate	14.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1974	1986