Indian Lake vs Rice Tracts

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

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

Indian Lake has the higher population (1,340 vs 1,117 in Rice Tracts). Rice Tracts has the higher median household income ($150,750 vs $32,895 in Indian Lake). Rice Tracts has the higher median home value ($235,600 vs $59,400 in Indian Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
Population	1,340	1,117
Median age	30.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$32,895	$150,750
Median home value	$59,400	$235,600
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	524	307
Homeownership rate	70.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
Population	788 → 1,340 (+70.1%)	540 → 1,117 (+106.9%)
Median household income	$32,155 → $32,895 (+2.3%)	$106,607 → $150,750 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $59,400 (+18.8%)	$281,700 → $235,600 (-16.4%)
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

Rice Tracts

Population

5401,117

Median household income

$106,607$150,750

Median home value

$281,700$235,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
Under 5	9.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	28.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	5.4%	20.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	0.9%
75 and over	5.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	3.5%
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%	96.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
No high school diploma	20.3%	21.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
Drove alone	82.0%	94.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	4.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
1-unit, detached	18.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Lake	Rice Tracts
Poverty rate	35.6%	7.1%
Average household size	3.30	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1993	2001