Bandera vs Lakehills

A side-by-side comparison of Bandera and Lakehills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakehills has the higher population (5,872 vs 599 in Bandera). Lakehills has the higher median household income ($85,409 vs $34,879 in Bandera). Lakehills has the higher median home value ($242,000 vs $132,500 in Bandera).

Population, income & housing

	Bandera	Lakehills
Population	599	5,872
Median age	36.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,879	$85,409
Median home value	$132,500	$242,000
Median gross rent	$1,015	$876
Housing units	395	3,004
Homeownership rate	64.1%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bandera	Lakehills
Population	833 → 599 (-28.1%)	5,631 → 5,872 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $34,879 (-2.1%)	$65,568 → $85,409 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $132,500 (-7.1%)	$169,700 → $242,000 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,015 (+19.4%)	$897 → $876 (-2.3%)

Bandera

Population

833599

Median household income

$35,625$34,879

Median home value

$142,600$132,500

Median gross rent

$850$1,015

Lakehills

Population

5,6315,872

Median household income

$65,568$85,409

Median home value

$169,700$242,000

Median gross rent

$897$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bandera	Lakehills
Under 5	9.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	15.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	19.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	16.2%
75 and over	7.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bandera	Lakehills
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	40.2%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bandera	Lakehills
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bandera	Lakehills
Drove alone	86.5%	84.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bandera	Lakehills
1-unit, detached	68.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Bandera	Lakehills
Poverty rate	13.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1980	1996