Anahuac vs Oak Island

A side-by-side comparison of Anahuac and Oak Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Anahuac and Oak Island are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anahuac has the higher population (2,652 vs 281 in Oak Island). Since 2019, Anahuac's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs -36.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Anahuac	Oak Island
Population	2,652	281
Median age	31.1 yrs	67.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,615	—
Median home value	$216,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,613	—
Housing units	963	150
Homeownership rate	76.1%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anahuac	Oak Island
Population	2,149 → 2,652 (+23.4%)	439 → 281 (-36.0%)
Median household income	$58,500 → $74,615 (+27.5%)	—
Median home value	$99,700 → $216,100 (+116.8%)	$168,800 → $425,800 (+152.3%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $1,613 (+111.7%)	—

Anahuac

Population

2,1492,652

Median household income

$58,500$74,615

Median home value

$99,700$216,100

Median gross rent

$762$1,613

Oak Island

Population

439281

Median home value

$168,800$425,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anahuac	Oak Island
Under 5	15.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	6.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	6.8%
65 to 74	6.4%	51.2%
75 and over	7.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anahuac	Oak Island
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	59.4%
Black or African American	13.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	46.4%	36.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anahuac	Oak Island
No high school diploma	18.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	83.7%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anahuac	Oak Island
Drove alone	93.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anahuac	Oak Island
1-unit, detached	93.0%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Anahuac	Oak Island
Poverty rate	18.7%	48.8%
Average household size	2.98	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1971	2000