Little River-Academy vs Salado

A side-by-side comparison of Little River-Academy and Salado: population, income, housing, and more.

Little River-Academy and Salado are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salado has the higher population (2,292 vs 2,044 in Little River-Academy). Salado has the higher median household income ($103,500 vs $73,750 in Little River-Academy). Salado has the higher median home value ($395,400 vs $162,800 in Little River-Academy).

Population, income & housing

	Little River-Academy	Salado
Population	2,044	2,292
Median age	32.8 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$103,500
Median home value	$162,800	$395,400
Median gross rent	$1,274	$1,181
Housing units	783	992
Homeownership rate	81.7%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little River-Academy	Salado
Population	2,020 → 2,044 (+1.2%)	3,002 → 2,292 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$62,829 → $73,750 (+17.4%)	$77,500 → $103,500 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $162,800 (+45.2%)	$278,700 → $395,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,274 (+42.2%)	$1,048 → $1,181 (+12.7%)

Little River-Academy

Population

2,0202,044

Median household income

$62,829$73,750

Median home value

$112,100$162,800

Median gross rent

$896$1,274

Salado

Population

3,0022,292

Median household income

$77,500$103,500

Median home value

$278,700$395,400

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little River-Academy	Salado
Under 5	10.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	24.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little River-Academy	Salado
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	27.1%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little River-Academy	Salado
No high school diploma	13.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little River-Academy	Salado
Drove alone	81.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little River-Academy	Salado
1-unit, detached	79.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Little River-Academy	Salado
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1981	1991