Boling vs Wharton

A side-by-side comparison of Boling and Wharton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wharton has the higher population (8,671 vs 732 in Boling). Boling has the higher median household income ($98,188 vs $47,692 in Wharton). Boling has the higher median home value ($175,900 vs $149,300 in Wharton).

Population, income & housing

	Boling	Wharton
Population	732	8,671
Median age	28.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,188	$47,692
Median home value	$175,900	$149,300
Median gross rent	—	$993
Housing units	296	3,861
Homeownership rate	82.2%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boling	Wharton
Population	1,162 → 732 (-37.0%)	8,711 → 8,671 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$37,589 → $98,188 (+161.2%)	$39,079 → $47,692 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $175,900 (+70.9%)	$92,700 → $149,300 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $873 (+4.6%)	$777 → $993 (+27.8%)

Boling

Population

1,162732

Median household income

$37,589$98,188

Median home value

$102,900$175,900

Median gross rent

$835$873

Wharton

Population

8,7118,671

Median household income

$39,079$47,692

Median home value

$92,700$149,300

Median gross rent

$777$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boling	Wharton
Under 5	11.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	7.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	26.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	4.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.3%
75 and over	2.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boling	Wharton
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	26.7%
Black or African American	9.6%	27.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	78.4%	40.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boling	Wharton
No high school diploma	15.1%	21.5%
High school graduate	5.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boling	Wharton
Drove alone	99.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boling	Wharton
1-unit, detached	88.9%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Boling	Wharton
Poverty rate	9.8%	21.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	49	24
Median year structure built	1968	1977