Red Lick vs Redwater

A side-by-side comparison of Red Lick and Redwater: population, income, housing, and more.

Red Lick and Redwater are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Red Lick has the higher population (1,534 vs 957 in Redwater). Red Lick has the higher median household income ($136,250 vs $48,942 in Redwater). Red Lick has the higher median home value ($307,000 vs $89,700 in Redwater).

Population, income & housing

	Red Lick	Redwater
Population	1,534	957
Median age	38.0 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$136,250	$48,942
Median home value	$307,000	$89,700
Median gross rent	$1,718	$796
Housing units	564	414
Homeownership rate	70.6%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Lick	Redwater
Population	1,078 → 1,534 (+42.3%)	1,145 → 957 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$77,431 → $136,250 (+76.0%)	$51,313 → $48,942 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $307,000 (+55.6%)	$86,300 → $89,700 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $1,718 (+200.3%)	$967 → $796 (-17.7%)

Red Lick

Population

1,0781,534

Median household income

$77,431$136,250

Median home value

$197,300$307,000

Median gross rent

$572$1,718

Redwater

Population

1,145957

Median household income

$51,313$48,942

Median home value

$86,300$89,700

Median gross rent

$967$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Lick	Redwater
Under 5	7.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	19.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	18.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.7%
75 and over	5.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Lick	Redwater
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	7.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Lick	Redwater
No high school diploma	2.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	18.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Lick	Redwater
Drove alone	91.2%	88.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Lick	Redwater
1-unit, detached	65.6%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Red Lick	Redwater
Poverty rate	3.5%	18.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1991	1984