Balcones Heights vs Elmendorf

A side-by-side comparison of Balcones Heights and Elmendorf: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Balcones Heights has the higher population (2,724 vs 2,326 in Elmendorf). Elmendorf has the higher median household income ($57,750 vs $28,082 in Balcones Heights). Balcones Heights has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $163,000 in Elmendorf).

Population, income & housing

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
Population	2,724	2,326
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,082	$57,750
Median home value	$214,300	$163,000
Median gross rent	$927	$1,264
Housing units	1,651	744
Homeownership rate	18.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
Population	3,282 → 2,724 (-17.0%)	1,835 → 2,326 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$31,410 → $28,082 (-10.6%)	$49,063 → $57,750 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $214,300 (+56.8%)	$96,400 → $163,000 (+69.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)	$689 → $1,264 (+83.5%)

Balcones Heights

Population

3,2822,724

Median household income

$31,410$28,082

Median home value

$136,700$214,300

Median gross rent

$769$927

Elmendorf

Population

1,8352,326

Median household income

$49,063$57,750

Median home value

$96,400$163,000

Median gross rent

$689$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
Under 5	4.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.3%
75 and over	2.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	24.2%
Black or African American	15.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	68.0%	72.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
No high school diploma	8.6%	24.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
Drove alone	58.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	9.3%
Public transit	7.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.1%
Other means	8.3%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
1-unit, detached	17.6%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	35.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Balcones Heights	Elmendorf
Poverty rate	45.1%	26.4%
Average household size	1.82	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1973	1995