Burnet vs Meadowlakes

A side-by-side comparison of Burnet and Meadowlakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burnet has the higher population (6,630 vs 2,113 in Meadowlakes). Burnet has the higher median household income ($88,000 vs $79,635 in Meadowlakes). Meadowlakes has the higher median home value ($364,300 vs $245,900 in Burnet).

Population, income & housing

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
Population	6,630	2,113
Median age	41.4 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,000	$79,635
Median home value	$245,900	$364,300
Median gross rent	$1,012	$1,520
Housing units	2,533	1,029
Homeownership rate	74.7%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
Population	6,266 → 6,630 (+5.8%)	2,525 → 2,113 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$58,869 → $88,000 (+49.5%)	$88,219 → $79,635 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $245,900 (+48.7%)	$261,400 → $364,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $1,012 (+44.0%)	$1,235 → $1,520 (+23.1%)

Burnet

Population

6,2666,630

Median household income

$58,869$88,000

Median home value

$165,400$245,900

Median gross rent

$703$1,012

Meadowlakes

Population

2,5252,113

Median household income

$88,219$79,635

Median home value

$261,400$364,300

Median gross rent

$1,235$1,520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
Under 5	5.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	20.6%
75 and over	11.1%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
No high school diploma	10.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
Drove alone	76.3%	64.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	22.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
1-unit, detached	77.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnet	Meadowlakes
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1980	1995