Lake Kiowa vs Road Runner

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

Lake Kiowa and Road Runner 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 781 in Road Runner). Lake Kiowa has the higher median household income ($123,098 vs $42,500 in Road Runner). Lake Kiowa has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $151,400 in Road Runner).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
Population	2,496	781
Median age	58.8 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$123,098	$42,500
Median home value	$467,500	$151,400
Median gross rent	—	$929
Housing units	1,312	344
Homeownership rate	94.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
Population	2,585 → 2,496 (-3.4%)	264 → 781 (+195.8%)
Median household income	$77,031 → $123,098 (+59.8%)	$41,820 → $42,500 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$299,200 → $467,500 (+56.3%)	$43,800 → $151,400 (+245.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,430 (+40.6%)	—

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

Road Runner

Population

264781

Median household income

$41,820$42,500

Median home value

$43,800$151,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
Under 5	5.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	5.9%	28.9%
18 to 24	1.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	2.2%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	1.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	5.4%
55 to 64	26.5%	23.3%
65 to 74	22.8%	14.7%
75 and over	10.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	34.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	64.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
No high school diploma	0.7%	59.7%
High school graduate	16.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	8.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
Drove alone	72.0%	96.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.0%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
1-unit, detached	95.3%	10.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	81.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Kiowa	Road Runner
Poverty rate	4.5%	41.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	46
Median year structure built	1994	1987