Holiday Beach vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Holiday Beach and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lamar has the higher population (1,282 vs 349 in Holiday Beach). Lamar has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $239,800 in Holiday Beach). Since 2019, Lamar's population has grown faster (+11.1% vs -50.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
Population	349	1,282
Median age	26.7 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$83,117
Median home value	$239,800	$323,700
Housing units	359	832
Homeownership rate	53.4%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	32.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
Population	698 → 349 (-50.0%)	1,154 → 1,282 (+11.1%)
Median household income	—	$34,888 → $83,117 (+138.2%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $239,800 (+217.2%)	$266,700 → $323,700 (+21.4%)

Holiday Beach

Population

698349

Median home value

$75,600$239,800

Lamar

Population

1,1541,282

Median household income

$34,888$83,117

Median home value

$266,700$323,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
Under 5	32.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	22.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	3.4%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	19.2%
55 to 64	4.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	18.5%
75 and over	10.6%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
No high school diploma	11.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	17.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	62.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
Drove alone	60.0%	58.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	36.7%
Other means	22.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Holiday Beach	Lamar
Poverty rate	54.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.14	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	52
Median year structure built	2005	1992