Converse vs Live Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Converse and Live Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

Converse and Live Oak are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Converse has the higher population (28,764 vs 15,875 in Live Oak). Converse has the higher median household income ($88,060 vs $78,092 in Live Oak). Converse has the higher median home value ($240,100 vs $227,800 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Live Oak
Population	28,764	15,875
Median age	33.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,060	$78,092
Median home value	$240,100	$227,800
Median gross rent	$1,601	$1,450
Housing units	10,107	7,064
Homeownership rate	73.7%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Live Oak
Population	26,930 → 28,764 (+6.8%)	15,855 → 15,875 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$72,911 → $88,060 (+20.8%)	$61,294 → $78,092 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $240,100 (+45.2%)	$151,200 → $227,800 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,601 (+32.5%)	$1,133 → $1,450 (+28.0%)

Converse

Population

26,93028,764

Median household income

$72,911$88,060

Median home value

$165,400$240,100

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,601

Live Oak

Population

15,85515,875

Median household income

$61,294$78,092

Median home value

$151,200$227,800

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse	Live Oak
Under 5	6.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.1%
75 and over	3.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Live Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	33.1%
Black or African American	19.5%	17.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	4.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	41.3%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Live Oak
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Live Oak
Drove alone	76.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	14.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Live Oak
1-unit, detached	87.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	14.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Live Oak
Poverty rate	13.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	2003	1994