Balcones Heights vs Somerset

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

Balcones Heights and Somerset 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 2,048 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median household income ($75,337 vs $28,082 in Balcones Heights). Balcones Heights has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $164,700 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
Population	2,724	2,048
Median age	35.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,082	$75,337
Median home value	$214,300	$164,700
Median gross rent	$927	$1,129
Housing units	1,651	690
Homeownership rate	18.5%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
Population	3,282 → 2,724 (-17.0%)	1,645 → 2,048 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$31,410 → $28,082 (-10.6%)	$50,197 → $75,337 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $214,300 (+56.8%)	$112,900 → $164,700 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)	$683 → $1,129 (+65.3%)

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

Somerset

Population

1,6452,048

Median household income

$50,197$75,337

Median home value

$112,900$164,700

Median gross rent

$683$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.6%
75 and over	2.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	13.9%
Black or African American	15.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	68.0%	84.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
No high school diploma	8.6%	23.9%
High school graduate	40.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
Drove alone	58.1%	85.0%
Carpooled	16.1%	9.5%
Public transit	7.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	1.5%
Other means	8.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
1-unit, detached	17.6%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	35.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Balcones Heights	Somerset
Poverty rate	45.1%	15.4%
Average household size	1.82	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1973	1991