Indian Lake vs Rio Hondo

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

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

Rio Hondo has the higher population (1,970 vs 1,340 in Indian Lake). Rio Hondo has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $32,895 in Indian Lake). Rio Hondo has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $59,400 in Indian Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
Population	1,340	1,970
Median age	30.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,895	$60,000
Median home value	$59,400	$94,700
Median gross rent	$1,292	$834
Housing units	524	842
Homeownership rate	70.9%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
Population	788 → 1,340 (+70.1%)	2,640 → 1,970 (-25.4%)
Median household income	$32,155 → $32,895 (+2.3%)	$35,143 → $60,000 (+70.7%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $59,400 (+18.8%)	$69,500 → $94,700 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,292 (+66.7%)	$664 → $834 (+25.6%)

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

Rio Hondo

Population

2,6401,970

Median household income

$35,143$60,000

Median home value

$69,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$664$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
Under 5	9.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	28.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.5%
75 and over	5.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	7.3%
Black or African American	20.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.7%	91.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
No high school diploma	20.3%	27.6%
High school graduate	39.6%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
Drove alone	82.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
1-unit, detached	18.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	74.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Indian Lake	Rio Hondo
Poverty rate	35.6%	19.0%
Average household size	3.30	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1993	1985