East Mountain vs Ore City

A side-by-side comparison of East Mountain and Ore City: population, income, housing, and more.

East Mountain and Ore City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ore City has the higher population (965 vs 921 in East Mountain). Ore City has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $66,250 in East Mountain). East Mountain has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $97,400 in Ore City).

Population, income & housing

	East Mountain	Ore City
Population	921	965
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$69,167
Median home value	$176,800	$97,400
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,153
Housing units	377	373
Homeownership rate	73.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Mountain	Ore City
Population	1,125 → 921 (-18.1%)	1,071 → 965 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$64,417 → $66,250 (+2.8%)	$37,500 → $69,167 (+84.4%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $176,800 (+14.2%)	$78,000 → $97,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,185 (+24.3%)	$788 → $1,153 (+46.3%)

East Mountain

Population

1,125921

Median household income

$64,417$66,250

Median home value

$154,800$176,800

Median gross rent

$953$1,185

Ore City

Population

1,071965

Median household income

$37,500$69,167

Median home value

$78,000$97,400

Median gross rent

$788$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Mountain	Ore City
Under 5	6.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	28.4%
18 to 24	14.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	5.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.2%
75 and over	4.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Mountain	Ore City
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	50.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	5.6%
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	2.3%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Mountain	Ore City
No high school diploma	21.3%	29.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Mountain	Ore City
Drove alone	84.2%	88.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	1.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Mountain	Ore City
1-unit, detached	79.8%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	East Mountain	Ore City
Poverty rate	7.8%	18.0%
Average household size	3.01	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1994	1977