Lakeside City vs Megargel

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeside City and Megargel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeside City has the higher population (1,150 vs 224 in Megargel). Lakeside City has the higher median household income ($104,563 vs $95,066 in Megargel). Since 2019, Megargel's population has grown faster (+33.3% vs +3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside City	Megargel
Population	1,150	224
Median age	36.6 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,563	$95,066
Median home value	$240,500	—
Median gross rent	$2,059	—
Housing units	373	147
Homeownership rate	90.0%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside City	Megargel
Population	1,116 → 1,150 (+3.0%)	168 → 224 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$85,917 → $104,563 (+21.7%)	$36,875 → $95,066 (+157.8%)
Median home value	$171,200 → $240,500 (+40.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$792 → $2,059 (+160.0%)	—

Lakeside City

Population

1,1161,150

Median household income

$85,917$104,563

Median home value

$171,200$240,500

Median gross rent

$792$2,059

Megargel

Population

168224

Median household income

$36,875$95,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside City	Megargel
Under 5	5.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	28.4%	10.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.4%	19.6%
35 to 44	19.6%	2.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	6.6%	38.4%
65 to 74	14.2%	3.1%
75 and over	6.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside City	Megargel
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside City	Megargel
No high school diploma	1.7%	20.3%
High school graduate	23.2%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside City	Megargel
Drove alone	89.1%	63.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside City	Megargel
1-unit, detached	97.1%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside City	Megargel
Poverty rate	1.5%	0.0%
Average household size	3.19	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1983	1955