Live Oak vs Universal City

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

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

Universal City has the higher population (19,853 vs 15,875 in Live Oak). Live Oak has the higher median household income ($78,092 vs $75,439 in Universal City). Universal City has the higher median home value ($249,400 vs $227,800 in Live Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak	Universal City
Population	15,875	19,853
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,092	$75,439
Median home value	$227,800	$249,400
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,213
Housing units	7,064	7,770
Homeownership rate	56.4%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak	Universal City
Population	15,855 → 15,875 (+0.1%)	20,459 → 19,853 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$61,294 → $78,092 (+27.4%)	$63,192 → $75,439 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $227,800 (+50.7%)	$168,300 → $249,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,450 (+28.0%)	$985 → $1,213 (+23.1%)

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

Universal City

Population

20,45919,853

Median household income

$63,192$75,439

Median home value

$168,300$249,400

Median gross rent

$985$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Live Oak	Universal City
Under 5	7.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	19.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.7%
75 and over	5.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak	Universal City
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	42.4%
Black or African American	17.8%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	42.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak	Universal City
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	27.6%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak	Universal City
Drove alone	72.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	7.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak	Universal City
1-unit, detached	68.3%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	18.6%
20 or more units	10.6%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak	Universal City
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1994	1986