Cross Mountain vs Windcrest

A side-by-side comparison of Cross Mountain and Windcrest: population, income, housing, and more.

Cross Mountain and Windcrest are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Windcrest has the higher population (5,815 vs 4,510 in Cross Mountain). Cross Mountain has the higher median household income ($198,623 vs $95,329 in Windcrest). Cross Mountain has the higher median home value ($486,100 vs $276,900 in Windcrest).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
Population	4,510	5,815
Median age	39.9 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$198,623	$95,329
Median home value	$486,100	$276,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,411
Housing units	1,522	2,551
Homeownership rate	86.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
Population	3,453 → 4,510 (+30.6%)	5,851 → 5,815 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$127,774 → $198,623 (+55.4%)	$80,750 → $95,329 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$363,500 → $486,100 (+33.7%)	$207,900 → $276,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,077 → $1,411 (+31.0%)

Cross Mountain

Population

3,4534,510

Median household income

$127,774$198,623

Median home value

$363,500$486,100

Windcrest

Population

5,8515,815

Median household income

$80,750$95,329

Median home value

$207,900$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.1%	7.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	19.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	21.0%
75 and over	6.0%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	46.4%	46.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	13.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	10.8%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
Drove alone	61.7%	68.7%
Carpooled	19.5%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
1-unit, detached	96.1%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cross Mountain	Windcrest
Poverty rate	1.5%	9.2%
Average household size	3.33	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	2003	1973