Ranchos Penitas West vs Rio Bravo

A side-by-side comparison of Ranchos Penitas West and Rio Bravo: population, income, housing, and more.

Ranchos Penitas West and Rio Bravo are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio Bravo has the higher population (4,502 vs 420 in Ranchos Penitas West). Ranchos Penitas West has the higher median household income ($90,500 vs $46,964 in Rio Bravo). Since 2019, Rio Bravo's population has grown faster (-4.4% vs -63.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
Population	420	4,502
Median age	42.5 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,500	$46,964
Median home value	—	$78,200
Median gross rent	—	$681
Housing units	189	1,210
Homeownership rate	76.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
Population	1,152 → 420 (-63.5%)	4,710 → 4,502 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$74,097 → $90,500 (+22.1%)	$23,431 → $46,964 (+100.4%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $179,400 (+30.5%)	$61,500 → $78,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $765 (+31.9%)	$655 → $681 (+4.0%)

Ranchos Penitas West

Population

1,152420

Median household income

$74,097$90,500

Median home value

$137,500$179,400

Median gross rent

$580$765

Rio Bravo

Population

4,7104,502

Median household income

$23,431$46,964

Median home value

$61,500$78,200

Median gross rent

$655$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
Under 5	8.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	5.0%	31.1%
18 to 24	18.6%	13.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	21.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	18.1%	8.3%
75 and over	0.0%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
White (non-Hispanic)	11.2%	4.2%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	95.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
No high school diploma	40.8%	55.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
Drove alone	56.2%	85.7%
Carpooled	40.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	2.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
1-unit, detached	76.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Ranchos Penitas West	Rio Bravo
Poverty rate	6.9%	31.1%
Average household size	3.04	4.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1993	1992