Edom vs Myrtle Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Edom and Myrtle Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Myrtle Springs has the higher population (717 vs 300 in Edom). Myrtle Springs has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $167,200 in Edom). Since 2019, Myrtle Springs's population has grown faster (+27.4% vs +4.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
Population	300	717
Median age	27.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	—
Median home value	$167,200	$319,700
Median gross rent	$1,333	—
Housing units	107	384
Homeownership rate	87.8%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
Population	287 → 300 (+4.5%)	563 → 717 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$69,792 → $101,250 (+45.1%)	$52,708 → $41,170 (-21.9%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $167,200 (+9.6%)	$212,500 → $319,700 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,333 (+48.1%)	$711 → $868 (+22.1%)

Edom

Population

287300

Median household income

$69,792$101,250

Median home value

$152,500$167,200

Median gross rent

$900$1,333

Myrtle Springs

Population

563717

Median household income

$52,708$41,170

Median home value

$212,500$319,700

Median gross rent

$711$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	34.7%	26.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	3.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	5.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	6.6%
75 and over	6.3%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	100.0%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.2%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
Drove alone	86.4%	92.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
1-unit, detached	90.7%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	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	8.4%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Edom	Myrtle Springs
Poverty rate	3.0%	12.8%
Average household size	3.33	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1979	1995