Laguna Heights vs Rice Tracts

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

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

Rice Tracts has the higher population (1,117 vs 990 in Laguna Heights). Rice Tracts has the higher median home value ($235,600 vs $80,100 in Laguna Heights). Since 2019, Rice Tracts's population has grown faster (+106.9% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
Population	990	1,117
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$150,750
Median home value	$80,100	$235,600
Median gross rent	$483	—
Housing units	410	307
Homeownership rate	50.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
Population	2,090 → 990 (-52.6%)	540 → 1,117 (+106.9%)
Median household income	$24,116 → $29,178 (+21.0%)	$106,607 → $150,750 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $80,100 (+110.8%)	$281,700 → $235,600 (-16.4%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $483 (-10.6%)	—

Laguna Heights

Population

2,090990

Median household income

$24,116$29,178

Median home value

$38,000$80,100

Median gross rent

$540$483

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)

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
Under 5	12.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	4.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	22.1%	20.2%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.9%
75 and over	4.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	3.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.9%	96.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
No high school diploma	54.5%	21.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	0.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
Drove alone	91.2%	94.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
1-unit, detached	57.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laguna Heights	Rice Tracts
Poverty rate	19.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.76	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	2000	2001