Monahans vs Wickett

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

Monahans and Wickett 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 644 in Wickett). Wickett has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $70,820 in Monahans). Monahans has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $88,100 in Wickett).

Population, income & housing

	Monahans	Wickett
Population	7,536	644
Median age	35.6 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,820	$76,250
Median home value	$159,000	$88,100
Median gross rent	$919	—
Housing units	3,420	232
Homeownership rate	73.1%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monahans	Wickett
Population	7,618 → 7,536 (-1.1%)	583 → 644 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$64,870 → $70,820 (+9.2%)	$55,833 → $76,250 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $159,000 (+78.9%)	$55,000 → $88,100 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,001 → $919 (-8.2%)	$733 → $750 (+2.3%)

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

Wickett

Population

583644

Median household income

$55,833$76,250

Median home value

$55,000$88,100

Median gross rent

$733$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monahans	Wickett
Under 5	7.4%	12.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	19.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	3.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.2%
75 and over	4.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monahans	Wickett
White (non-Hispanic)	36.1%	35.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	55.0%	60.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monahans	Wickett
No high school diploma	18.3%	13.6%
High school graduate	37.7%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monahans	Wickett
Drove alone	85.9%	94.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monahans	Wickett
1-unit, detached	73.2%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Monahans	Wickett
Poverty rate	16.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1970	1970