Pine Island vs Waller

A side-by-side comparison of Pine Island and Waller: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waller has the higher population (3,062 vs 1,226 in Pine Island). Pine Island has the higher median household income ($63,523 vs $37,163 in Waller). Pine Island has the higher median home value ($367,400 vs $115,100 in Waller).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Island	Waller
Population	1,226	3,062
Median age	40.8 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,523	$37,163
Median home value	$367,400	$115,100
Median gross rent	$647	$1,022
Housing units	498	1,300
Homeownership rate	87.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Island	Waller
Population	1,312 → 1,226 (-6.6%)	3,124 → 3,062 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$42,194 → $63,523 (+50.5%)	$36,834 → $37,163 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $367,400 (+95.9%)	$124,400 → $115,100 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $647 (-24.3%)	$935 → $1,022 (+9.3%)

Pine Island

Population

1,3121,226

Median household income

$42,194$63,523

Median home value

$187,500$367,400

Median gross rent

$855$647

Waller

Population

3,1243,062

Median household income

$36,834$37,163

Median home value

$124,400$115,100

Median gross rent

$935$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Island	Waller
Under 5	3.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	25.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	23.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	18.2%	3.2%
75 and over	3.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Island	Waller
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	46.3%
Black or African American	11.9%	29.6%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Island	Waller
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Island	Waller
Drove alone	71.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	19.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	7.9%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Island	Waller
1-unit, detached	69.1%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Pine Island	Waller
Poverty rate	12.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1997	1987