Live Oak vs Scenic Oaks

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

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

Live Oak has the higher population (15,875 vs 10,727 in Scenic Oaks). Scenic Oaks has the higher median household income ($178,125 vs $78,092 in Live Oak). Scenic Oaks has the higher median home value ($531,900 vs $227,800 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
Population	15,875	10,727
Median age	34.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,092	$178,125
Median home value	$227,800	$531,900
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,604
Housing units	7,064	3,740
Homeownership rate	56.4%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
Population	15,855 → 15,875 (+0.1%)	6,469 → 10,727 (+65.8%)
Median household income	$61,294 → $78,092 (+27.4%)	$145,515 → $178,125 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $227,800 (+50.7%)	$373,400 → $531,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,450 (+28.0%)	$1,573 → $1,604 (+2.0%)

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

Scenic Oaks

Population

6,46910,727

Median household income

$145,515$178,125

Median home value

$373,400$531,900

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
Under 5	7.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.7%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	58.5%
Black or African American	17.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	27.6%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
Drove alone	72.5%	65.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	19.1%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
1-unit, detached	68.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Scenic Oaks
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1994	2010