Lake Kiowa vs Oak Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Kiowa and Oak Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Kiowa has the higher population (2,496 vs 330 in Oak Ridge). Lake Kiowa has the higher median household income ($123,098 vs $48,417 in Oak Ridge). Lake Kiowa has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $9,999 in Oak Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
Population	2,496	330
Median age	58.8 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$123,098	$48,417
Median home value	$467,500	$9,999
Median gross rent	—	$1,457
Housing units	1,312	121
Homeownership rate	94.6%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
Population	2,585 → 2,496 (-3.4%)	237 → 330 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$77,031 → $123,098 (+59.8%)	$41,786 → $48,417 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$299,200 → $467,500 (+56.3%)	$51,100 → $9,999 (-80.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,430 (+40.6%)	$1,107 → $1,457 (+31.6%)

Lake Kiowa

Population

2,5852,496

Median household income

$77,031$123,098

Median home value

$299,200$467,500

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,430

Oak Ridge

Population

237330

Median household income

$41,786$48,417

Median home value

$51,100$9,999

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,457

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	5.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	1.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	2.2%	32.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	1.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.1%
55 to 64	26.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	22.8%	12.1%
75 and over	10.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	0.7%	27.7%
High school graduate	16.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	72.0%	68.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	24.8%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	95.3%	29.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	61.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Kiowa	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	4.5%	24.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1994	2002