Balcones Heights vs Olmos Park

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

Balcones Heights and Olmos Park 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 2,228 in Olmos Park). Olmos Park has the higher median household income ($172,434 vs $28,082 in Balcones Heights). Olmos Park has the higher median home value ($887,000 vs $214,300 in Balcones Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
Population	2,724	2,228
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,082	$172,434
Median home value	$214,300	$887,000
Median gross rent	$927	$1,202
Housing units	1,651	1,030
Homeownership rate	18.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
Population	3,282 → 2,724 (-17.0%)	1,832 → 2,228 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$31,410 → $28,082 (-10.6%)	$148,750 → $172,434 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $214,300 (+56.8%)	$736,700 → $887,000 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)	$869 → $1,202 (+38.3%)

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

Olmos Park

Population

1,8322,228

Median household income

$148,750$172,434

Median home value

$736,700$887,000

Median gross rent

$869$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	14.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.5%
75 and over	2.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	15.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	68.0%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
Drove alone	58.1%	79.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	4.0%
Public transit	7.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	16.0%
Other means	8.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
1-unit, detached	17.6%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	35.3%	13.1%
20 or more units	27.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Balcones Heights	Olmos Park
Poverty rate	45.1%	4.8%
Average household size	1.82	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1973	1941