Lyford vs San Perlita

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

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

Lyford has the higher population (2,153 vs 457 in San Perlita). San Perlita has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $44,464 in Lyford). Lyford has the higher median home value ($58,300 vs $55,000 in San Perlita).

Population, income & housing

	Lyford	San Perlita
Population	2,153	457
Median age	35.7 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,464	$71,250
Median home value	$58,300	$55,000
Median gross rent	$974	—
Housing units	713	169
Homeownership rate	72.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyford	San Perlita
Population	2,547 → 2,153 (-15.5%)	730 → 457 (-37.4%)
Median household income	$32,589 → $44,464 (+36.4%)	$38,000 → $71,250 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$47,300 → $58,300 (+23.3%)	$37,300 → $55,000 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $974 (+53.9%)	—

Lyford

Population

2,5472,153

Median household income

$32,589$44,464

Median home value

$47,300$58,300

Median gross rent

$633$974

San Perlita

Population

730457

Median household income

$38,000$71,250

Median home value

$37,300$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyford	San Perlita
Under 5	6.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	16.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	4.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	6.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyford	San Perlita
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	3.7%
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	95.9%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyford	San Perlita
No high school diploma	37.3%	23.8%
High school graduate	24.1%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyford	San Perlita
Drove alone	86.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyford	San Perlita
1-unit, detached	78.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Lyford	San Perlita
Poverty rate	18.3%	17.7%
Average household size	3.75	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1985	1975