Lyford vs Raymondville

A side-by-side comparison of Lyford and Raymondville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Raymondville has the higher population (10,243 vs 2,153 in Lyford). Lyford has the higher median household income ($44,464 vs $42,148 in Raymondville). Lyford has the higher median home value ($58,300 vs $48,200 in Raymondville).

Population, income & housing

	Lyford	Raymondville
Population	2,153	10,243
Median age	35.7 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,464	$42,148
Median home value	$58,300	$48,200
Median gross rent	$974	$945
Housing units	713	3,207
Homeownership rate	72.3%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyford	Raymondville
Population	2,547 → 2,153 (-15.5%)	11,021 → 10,243 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$32,589 → $44,464 (+36.4%)	$29,750 → $42,148 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$47,300 → $58,300 (+23.3%)	$47,000 → $48,200 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $974 (+53.9%)	$671 → $945 (+40.8%)

Lyford

Population

2,5472,153

Median household income

$32,589$44,464

Median home value

$47,300$58,300

Median gross rent

$633$974

Raymondville

Population

11,02110,243

Median household income

$29,750$42,148

Median home value

$47,000$48,200

Median gross rent

$671$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyford	Raymondville
Under 5	6.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.4%
75 and over	6.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyford	Raymondville
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	9.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	87.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyford	Raymondville
No high school diploma	37.3%	30.3%
High school graduate	24.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyford	Raymondville
Drove alone	86.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyford	Raymondville
1-unit, detached	78.7%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Lyford	Raymondville
Poverty rate	18.3%	31.5%
Average household size	3.75	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1985	1974