Canyon Lake vs Spring Branch

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

Canyon Lake and Spring Branch 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 260 in Spring Branch). Spring Branch has the higher median household income ($157,694 vs $93,114 in Canyon Lake). Since 2019, Spring Branch's population has grown faster (+1030.4% vs +30.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
Population	32,924	260
Median age	47.8 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,114	$157,694
Median home value	$337,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,242	$2,206
Housing units	15,737	111
Homeownership rate	87.1%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
Population	25,325 → 32,924 (+30.0%)	23 → 260 (+1030.4%)
Median household income	$74,401 → $93,114 (+25.2%)	$132,929 → $157,694 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$247,700 → $337,200 (+36.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,242 (+17.2%)	—

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

Spring Branch

Population

23260

Median household income

$132,929$157,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	8.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	14.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	43.1%
55 to 64	17.9%	4.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	5.0%
75 and over	7.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
Drove alone	69.2%	82.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	4.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
1-unit, detached	74.9%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Canyon Lake	Spring Branch
Poverty rate	7.4%	3.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	40	79
Median year structure built	1999	1949