Oak Island vs Stowell

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

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

Stowell has the higher population (1,984 vs 281 in Oak Island). Since 2019, Stowell's population has grown faster (+55.9% vs -36.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Island	Stowell
Population	281	1,984
Median age	67.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median home value	—	$124,500
Housing units	150	773
Homeownership rate	80.6%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Island	Stowell
Population	439 → 281 (-36.0%)	1,273 → 1,984 (+55.9%)
Median household income	—	$42,674 → $17,500 (-59.0%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $425,800 (+152.3%)	$152,200 → $124,500 (-18.2%)

Oak Island

Population

439281

Median home value

$168,800$425,800

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)

	Oak Island	Stowell
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	33.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	1.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	24.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	51.2%	8.0%
75 and over	0.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Island	Stowell
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	43.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Island	Stowell
No high school diploma	12.0%	16.2%
High school graduate	83.7%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Island	Stowell
Drove alone	100.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Island	Stowell
1-unit, detached	87.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	12.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Oak Island	Stowell
Poverty rate	48.8%	33.5%
Average household size	3.02	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	2000	1988