Barstow vs Grandfalls

A side-by-side comparison of Barstow and Grandfalls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grandfalls has the higher population (322 vs 193 in Barstow). Grandfalls has the higher median household income ($56,000 vs $53,182 in Barstow). Since 2019, Grandfalls's population has grown faster (-20.9% vs -62.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Grandfalls
Population	193	322
Median age	48.6 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,182	$56,000
Median home value	$99,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$633
Housing units	155	154
Homeownership rate	84.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Grandfalls
Population	515 → 193 (-62.5%)	407 → 322 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$34,792 → $53,182 (+52.9%)	$44,286 → $56,000 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $99,300 (+139.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $744 (-31.3%)	$559 → $633 (+13.2%)

Barstow

Population

515193

Median household income

$34,792$53,182

Median home value

$41,400$99,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$744

Grandfalls

Population

407322

Median household income

$44,286$56,000

Median gross rent

$559$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Grandfalls
Under 5	2.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	29.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	3.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	31.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	2.1%	5.3%
75 and over	25.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Grandfalls
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	37.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
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	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	52.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Grandfalls
No high school diploma	36.3%	14.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Grandfalls
Drove alone	63.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	31.9%	21.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Grandfalls
1-unit, detached	78.1%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Barstow	Grandfalls
Poverty rate	16.6%	18.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1956	1972