Scenic Oaks vs Universal City

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

Scenic Oaks 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 10,727 in Scenic Oaks). Scenic Oaks has the higher median household income ($178,125 vs $75,439 in Universal City). Scenic Oaks has the higher median home value ($531,900 vs $249,400 in Universal City).

Population, income & housing

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
Population	10,727	19,853
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$178,125	$75,439
Median home value	$531,900	$249,400
Median gross rent	$1,604	$1,213
Housing units	3,740	7,770
Homeownership rate	83.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
Population	6,469 → 10,727 (+65.8%)	20,459 → 19,853 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$145,515 → $178,125 (+22.4%)	$63,192 → $75,439 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$373,400 → $531,900 (+42.4%)	$168,300 → $249,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,573 → $1,604 (+2.0%)	$985 → $1,213 (+23.1%)

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

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)

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
Under 5	7.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.7%
75 and over	7.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	42.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	42.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	7.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
Drove alone	65.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	7.6%
Other means	2.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
1-unit, detached	86.1%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	18.6%
20 or more units	4.6%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Scenic Oaks	Universal City
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	2010	1986