Bulverde vs Canyon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bulverde and Canyon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Bulverde and Canyon Lake are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canyon Lake has the higher population (32,924 vs 6,164 in Bulverde). Bulverde has the higher median household income ($108,413 vs $93,114 in Canyon Lake). Bulverde has the higher median home value ($380,100 vs $337,200 in Canyon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
Population	6,164	32,924
Median age	53.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,413	$93,114
Median home value	$380,100	$337,200
Median gross rent	$1,451	$1,242
Housing units	2,550	15,737
Homeownership rate	92.8%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
Population	5,162 → 6,164 (+19.4%)	25,325 → 32,924 (+30.0%)
Median household income	$93,534 → $108,413 (+15.9%)	$74,401 → $93,114 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$308,300 → $380,100 (+23.3%)	$247,700 → $337,200 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,451 (+31.4%)	$1,060 → $1,242 (+17.2%)

Bulverde

Population

5,1626,164

Median household income

$93,534$108,413

Median home value

$308,300$380,100

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,451

Canyon Lake

Population

25,32532,924

Median household income

$74,401$93,114

Median home value

$247,700$337,200

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,242

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
Under 5	1.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	15.8%
75 and over	12.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	22.3%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
Drove alone	70.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.0%	20.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
1-unit, detached	92.7%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Bulverde	Canyon Lake
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	35	40
Median year structure built	1995	1999