Merkel vs Tuscola

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

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

Merkel has the higher population (2,630 vs 989 in Tuscola). Tuscola has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $62,368 in Merkel). Tuscola has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $99,000 in Merkel).

Population, income & housing

	Merkel	Tuscola
Population	2,630	989
Median age	36.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,368	$76,250
Median home value	$99,000	$143,300
Median gross rent	$992	$1,283
Housing units	1,084	371
Homeownership rate	77.4%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merkel	Tuscola
Population	2,609 → 2,630 (+0.8%)	731 → 989 (+35.3%)
Median household income	$44,153 → $62,368 (+41.3%)	$53,409 → $76,250 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $99,000 (+56.9%)	$105,800 → $143,300 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $992 (+56.7%)	$1,057 → $1,283 (+21.4%)

Merkel

Population

2,6092,630

Median household income

$44,153$62,368

Median home value

$63,100$99,000

Median gross rent

$633$992

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)

	Merkel	Tuscola
Under 5	6.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	3.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merkel	Tuscola
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merkel	Tuscola
No high school diploma	7.8%	15.1%
High school graduate	48.3%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merkel	Tuscola
Drove alone	76.4%	88.9%
Carpooled	14.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merkel	Tuscola
1-unit, detached	75.0%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Merkel	Tuscola
Poverty rate	14.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1963	1976