Holiday Lakes vs Surfside Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Holiday Lakes and Surfside Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holiday Lakes has the higher population (853 vs 753 in Surfside Beach). Surfside Beach has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $45,962 in Holiday Lakes). Surfside Beach has the higher median home value ($310,700 vs $93,600 in Holiday Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
Population	853	753
Median age	30.4 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,962	$96,250
Median home value	$93,600	$310,700
Median gross rent	$995	$1,292
Housing units	349	1,174
Homeownership rate	82.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
Population	851 → 853 (+0.2%)	627 → 753 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $45,962 (+32.9%)	$54,934 → $96,250 (+75.2%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $93,600 (+49.3%)	$205,800 → $310,700 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $995 (+14.1%)	$1,135 → $1,292 (+13.8%)

Holiday Lakes

Population

851853

Median household income

$34,583$45,962

Median home value

$62,700$93,600

Median gross rent

$872$995

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)

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
Under 5	4.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	28.6%	7.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	5.4%
45 to 54	6.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	26.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	21.4%
75 and over	3.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	29.4%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	69.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
No high school diploma	38.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
Drove alone	81.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	17.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
1-unit, detached	61.6%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	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	37.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Holiday Lakes	Surfside Beach
Poverty rate	27.7%	6.3%
Average household size	3.16	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1982	1980