Bandera vs Lake Medina Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Bandera and Lake Medina Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Bandera and Lake Medina Shores are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Medina Shores has the higher population (1,198 vs 599 in Bandera). Lake Medina Shores has the higher median household income ($44,926 vs $34,879 in Bandera). Lake Medina Shores has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $132,500 in Bandera).

Population, income & housing

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
Population	599	1,198
Median age	36.6 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,879	$44,926
Median home value	$132,500	$158,700
Median gross rent	$1,015	$2,051
Housing units	395	826
Homeownership rate	64.1%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
Population	833 → 599 (-28.1%)	1,268 → 1,198 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $34,879 (-2.1%)	$38,598 → $44,926 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $132,500 (-7.1%)	$78,700 → $158,700 (+101.7%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,015 (+19.4%)	$955 → $2,051 (+114.8%)

Bandera

Population

833599

Median household income

$35,625$34,879

Median home value

$142,600$132,500

Median gross rent

$850$1,015

Lake Medina Shores

Population

1,2681,198

Median household income

$38,598$44,926

Median home value

$78,700$158,700

Median gross rent

$955$2,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
Under 5	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	15.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	20.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	42.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	4.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	40.2%	47.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
No high school diploma	9.0%	23.4%
High school graduate	41.5%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
Drove alone	86.5%	49.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	34.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	15.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
1-unit, detached	68.1%	30.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	65.7%

Poverty & households

	Bandera	Lake Medina Shores
Poverty rate	13.3%	32.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	63
Median year structure built	1980	1994