Balcones Heights vs Shavano Park

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

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

Shavano Park has the higher population (3,602 vs 2,724 in Balcones Heights). Shavano Park has the higher median household income ($158,969 vs $28,082 in Balcones Heights). Shavano Park has the higher median home value ($838,800 vs $214,300 in Balcones Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
Population	2,724	3,602
Median age	35.4 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,082	$158,969
Median home value	$214,300	$838,800
Median gross rent	$927	—
Housing units	1,651	1,505
Homeownership rate	18.5%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
Population	3,282 → 2,724 (-17.0%)	3,787 → 3,602 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$31,410 → $28,082 (-10.6%)	$204,737 → $158,969 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $214,300 (+56.8%)	$664,900 → $838,800 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)	—

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

Shavano Park

Population

3,7873,602

Median household income

$204,737$158,969

Median home value

$664,900$838,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
Under 5	4.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	14.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	17.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.3%
75 and over	2.2%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	61.8%
Black or African American	15.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	68.0%	33.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
Drove alone	58.1%	68.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	0.8%
Public transit	7.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	30.3%
Other means	8.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
1-unit, detached	17.6%	94.4%
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%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Balcones Heights	Shavano Park
Poverty rate	45.1%	2.8%
Average household size	1.82	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1973	1998