Balcones Heights vs St. Hedwig

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

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

St. Hedwig has the higher population (2,839 vs 2,724 in Balcones Heights). St. Hedwig has the higher median household income ($117,617 vs $28,082 in Balcones Heights). St. Hedwig has the higher median home value ($290,800 vs $214,300 in Balcones Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
Population	2,724	2,839
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,082	$117,617
Median home value	$214,300	$290,800
Median gross rent	$927	$2,425
Housing units	1,651	955
Homeownership rate	18.5%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
Population	3,282 → 2,724 (-17.0%)	1,973 → 2,839 (+43.9%)
Median household income	$31,410 → $28,082 (-10.6%)	$84,000 → $117,617 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $214,300 (+56.8%)	$249,300 → $290,800 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $927 (+20.5%)	$1,227 → $2,425 (+97.6%)

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

St. Hedwig

Population

1,9732,839

Median household income

$84,000$117,617

Median home value

$249,300$290,800

Median gross rent

$1,227$2,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
Under 5	4.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	14.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	17.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.1%
75 and over	2.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	63.1%
Black or African American	15.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	68.0%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	40.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
Drove alone	58.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	9.2%
Public transit	7.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	6.4%	8.6%
Other means	8.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
1-unit, detached	17.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.6%
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%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Balcones Heights	St. Hedwig
Poverty rate	45.1%	3.7%
Average household size	1.82	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1973	2000