Laguna Heights vs Olmito

A side-by-side comparison of Laguna Heights and Olmito: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olmito has the higher population (1,013 vs 990 in Laguna Heights). Olmito has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $80,100 in Laguna Heights). Since 2019, Olmito's population has grown faster (-28.5% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
Population	990	1,013
Median age	33.5 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$33,813
Median home value	$80,100	$93,500
Median gross rent	$483	$1,049
Housing units	410	329
Homeownership rate	50.7%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
Population	2,090 → 990 (-52.6%)	1,416 → 1,013 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$24,116 → $29,178 (+21.0%)	$47,188 → $33,813 (-28.3%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $80,100 (+110.8%)	$89,800 → $93,500 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $483 (-10.6%)	$833 → $1,049 (+25.9%)

Laguna Heights

Population

2,090990

Median household income

$24,116$29,178

Median home value

$38,000$80,100

Median gross rent

$540$483

Olmito

Population

1,4161,013

Median household income

$47,188$33,813

Median home value

$89,800$93,500

Median gross rent

$833$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
Under 5	12.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	11.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	4.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	22.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	7.2%	7.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.2%
75 and over	4.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.9%	95.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
No high school diploma	54.5%	57.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	0.2%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
Drove alone	91.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	10.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
1-unit, detached	57.8%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	32.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Heights	Olmito
Poverty rate	19.1%	54.3%
Average household size	2.76	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	2000	1987