Bailey's Prairie vs Oyster Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Bailey's Prairie and Oyster Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Bailey's Prairie and Oyster Creek are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oyster Creek has the higher population (1,097 vs 730 in Bailey's Prairie). Bailey's Prairie has the higher median household income ($94,306 vs $36,902 in Oyster Creek). Bailey's Prairie has the higher median home value ($363,600 vs $153,300 in Oyster Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
Population	730	1,097
Median age	51.0 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,306	$36,902
Median home value	$363,600	$153,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,040
Housing units	302	668
Homeownership rate	93.4%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
Population	661 → 730 (+10.4%)	1,236 → 1,097 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$94,375 → $94,306 (-0.1%)	$41,198 → $36,902 (-10.4%)
Median home value	$223,800 → $363,600 (+62.5%)	$69,500 → $153,300 (+120.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$842 → $1,040 (+23.5%)

Bailey's Prairie

Population

661730

Median household income

$94,375$94,306

Median home value

$223,800$363,600

Oyster Creek

Population

1,2361,097

Median household income

$41,198$36,902

Median home value

$69,500$153,300

Median gross rent

$842$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
Under 5	2.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	17.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	20.3%
75 and over	13.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	71.1%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
No high school diploma	4.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
Drove alone	86.1%	70.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
1-unit, detached	96.7%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	60.8%

Poverty & households

	Bailey's Prairie	Oyster Creek
Poverty rate	10.0%	21.1%
Average household size	2.54	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1986	1990