Indian Lake vs Palmer

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

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

Palmer has the higher population (1,606 vs 1,340 in Indian Lake). Indian Lake has the higher median household income ($32,895 vs $27,418 in Palmer). Indian Lake has the higher median home value ($59,400 vs $52,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Lake	Palmer
Population	1,340	1,606
Median age	30.6 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,895	$27,418
Median home value	$59,400	$52,500
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	524	416
Homeownership rate	70.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Lake	Palmer
Population	788 → 1,340 (+70.1%)	1,256 → 1,606 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$32,155 → $32,895 (+2.3%)	$45,714 → $27,418 (-40.0%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $59,400 (+18.8%)	$55,300 → $52,500 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,292 (+66.7%)	—

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

Palmer

Population

1,2561,606

Median household income

$45,714$27,418

Median home value

$55,300$52,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Lake	Palmer
Under 5	9.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	28.4%	35.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	20.0%
45 to 54	5.4%	2.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	2.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	3.4%
75 and over	5.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Lake	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	20.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.7%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Lake	Palmer
No high school diploma	20.3%	49.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	7.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Lake	Palmer
Drove alone	82.0%	91.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	8.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Lake	Palmer
1-unit, detached	18.9%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	74.0%	53.1%

Poverty & households

	Indian Lake	Palmer
Poverty rate	35.6%	53.9%
Average household size	3.30	4.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1993	1995