Oak Ridge vs Valley View

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

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

Valley View has the higher population (774 vs 330 in Oak Ridge). Valley View has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $48,417 in Oak Ridge). Valley View has the higher median home value ($220,600 vs $9,999 in Oak Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
Population	330	774
Median age	30.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,417	$63,125
Median home value	$9,999	$220,600
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,033
Housing units	121	328
Homeownership rate	42.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
Population	237 → 330 (+39.2%)	953 → 774 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $48,417 (+15.9%)	$67,361 → $63,125 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$51,100 → $9,999 (-80.4%)	$125,500 → $220,600 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,457 (+31.6%)	$943 → $1,033 (+9.5%)

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

Valley View

Population

953774

Median household income

$67,361$63,125

Median home value

$125,500$220,600

Median gross rent

$943$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	32.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	1.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.7%
75 and over	6.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
No high school diploma	27.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	50.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
Drove alone	68.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	24.8%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
1-unit, detached	29.8%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	61.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Oak Ridge	Valley View
Poverty rate	24.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	2002	1977