Barstow vs Monahans

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

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

Monahans has the higher population (7,536 vs 193 in Barstow). Monahans has the higher median household income ($70,820 vs $53,182 in Barstow). Monahans has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $99,300 in Barstow).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Monahans
Population	193	7,536
Median age	48.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,182	$70,820
Median home value	$99,300	$159,000
Median gross rent	—	$919
Housing units	155	3,420
Homeownership rate	84.7%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Monahans
Population	515 → 193 (-62.5%)	7,618 → 7,536 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$34,792 → $53,182 (+52.9%)	$64,870 → $70,820 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $99,300 (+139.9%)	$88,900 → $159,000 (+78.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $744 (-31.3%)	$1,001 → $919 (-8.2%)

Barstow

Population

515193

Median household income

$34,792$53,182

Median home value

$41,400$99,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$744

Monahans

Population

7,6187,536

Median household income

$64,870$70,820

Median home value

$88,900$159,000

Median gross rent

$1,001$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Monahans
Under 5	2.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.9%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	5.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	31.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	2.1%	6.7%
75 and over	25.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Monahans
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	36.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	55.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Monahans
No high school diploma	36.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	42.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Monahans
Drove alone	63.8%	85.9%
Carpooled	31.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Monahans
1-unit, detached	78.1%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Barstow	Monahans
Poverty rate	16.6%	16.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1956	1970