Bailey's Prairie vs Surfside Beach

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

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

Surfside Beach has the higher population (753 vs 730 in Bailey's Prairie). Surfside Beach has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $94,306 in Bailey's Prairie). Bailey's Prairie has the higher median home value ($363,600 vs $310,700 in Surfside Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
Population	730	753
Median age	51.0 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,306	$96,250
Median home value	$363,600	$310,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,292
Housing units	302	1,174
Homeownership rate	93.4%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
Population	661 → 730 (+10.4%)	627 → 753 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$94,375 → $94,306 (-0.1%)	$54,934 → $96,250 (+75.2%)
Median home value	$223,800 → $363,600 (+62.5%)	$205,800 → $310,700 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,135 → $1,292 (+13.8%)

Bailey's Prairie

Population

661730

Median household income

$94,375$94,306

Median home value

$223,800$363,600

Surfside Beach

Population

627753

Median household income

$54,934$96,250

Median home value

$205,800$310,700

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
Under 5	2.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	5.4%
45 to 54	17.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	26.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	21.4%
75 and over	13.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	82.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	3.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	86.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	96.7%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bailey's Prairie	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.54	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1986	1980