Indian Lake vs Palm Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Lake and Palm Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Indian Lake and Palm Valley are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm Valley has the higher population (1,650 vs 1,340 in Indian Lake). Palm Valley has the higher median household income ($92,000 vs $32,895 in Indian Lake). Palm Valley has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $59,400 in Indian Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
Population	1,340	1,650
Median age	30.6 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,895	$92,000
Median home value	$59,400	$264,400
Median gross rent	$1,292	$1,225
Housing units	524	719
Homeownership rate	70.9%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
Population	788 → 1,340 (+70.1%)	1,557 → 1,650 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$32,155 → $32,895 (+2.3%)	$74,087 → $92,000 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $59,400 (+18.8%)	$172,500 → $264,400 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,292 (+66.7%)	$991 → $1,225 (+23.6%)

Indian Lake

Population

7881,340

Median household income

$32,155$32,895

Median home value

$50,000$59,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,292

Palm Valley

Population

1,5571,650

Median household income

$74,087$92,000

Median home value

$172,500$264,400

Median gross rent

$991$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
Under 5	9.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	28.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.6%
75 and over	5.1%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	45.8%
Black or African American	20.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	53.7%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
No high school diploma	20.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
Drove alone	82.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	13.6%	18.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
1-unit, detached	18.9%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	74.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Lake	Palm Valley
Poverty rate	35.6%	5.4%
Average household size	3.30	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1993	1981