Bastrop vs Wyldwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bastrop and Wyldwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bastrop has the higher population (10,484 vs 5,436 in Wyldwood). Wyldwood has the higher median household income ($85,216 vs $70,625 in Bastrop). Bastrop has the higher median home value ($308,300 vs $151,500 in Wyldwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
Population	10,484	5,436
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$85,216
Median home value	$308,300	$151,500
Median gross rent	$1,387	$1,363
Housing units	4,792	1,550
Homeownership rate	49.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
Population	8,776 → 10,484 (+19.5%)	2,430 → 5,436 (+123.7%)
Median household income	$56,425 → $70,625 (+25.2%)	$57,474 → $85,216 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $308,300 (+57.0%)	$149,200 → $151,500 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,387 (+43.0%)	$1,144 → $1,363 (+19.1%)

Bastrop

Population

8,77610,484

Median household income

$56,425$70,625

Median home value

$196,400$308,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,387

Wyldwood

Population

2,4305,436

Median household income

$57,474$85,216

Median home value

$149,200$151,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
Under 5	8.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	30.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	19.8%
45 to 54	15.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.0%
75 and over	7.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	34.5%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	63.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
No high school diploma	10.5%	33.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
Drove alone	73.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	10.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
1-unit, detached	66.6%	42.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	57.9%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Wyldwood
Poverty rate	12.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.24	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1998	1990