Beach City vs Stowell

A side-by-side comparison of Beach City and Stowell: population, income, housing, and more.

Beach City and Stowell are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beach City has the higher population (3,214 vs 1,984 in Stowell). Beach City has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $124,500 in Stowell). Since 2019, Stowell's population has grown faster (+55.9% vs +20.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Beach City	Stowell
Population	3,214	1,984
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$146,227	—
Median home value	$455,100	$124,500
Housing units	1,307	773
Homeownership rate	95.8%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach City	Stowell
Population	2,664 → 3,214 (+20.6%)	1,273 → 1,984 (+55.9%)
Median household income	$119,821 → $146,227 (+22.0%)	$42,674 → $17,500 (-59.0%)
Median home value	$319,200 → $455,100 (+42.6%)	$152,200 → $124,500 (-18.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,205 (+19.3%)	—

Beach City

Population

2,6643,214

Median household income

$119,821$146,227

Median home value

$319,200$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,205

Stowell

Population

1,2731,984

Median household income

$42,674$17,500

Median home value

$152,200$124,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach City	Stowell
Under 5	3.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	33.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	1.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	24.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.0%
75 and over	4.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach City	Stowell
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	43.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach City	Stowell
No high school diploma	8.5%	16.2%
High school graduate	15.9%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach City	Stowell
Drove alone	90.8%	69.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach City	Stowell
1-unit, detached	94.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Beach City	Stowell
Poverty rate	1.6%	33.5%
Average household size	2.76	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1997	1988