Mound vs South Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Mound and South Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Mound and South Mountain are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Mountain has the higher population (295 vs 142 in Mound). Since 2019, South Mountain's population has grown faster (-23.0% vs -48.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mound	South Mountain
Population	142	295
Median age	29.4 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,938
Median home value	—	$170,800
Median gross rent	—	$988
Housing units	51	143
Homeownership rate	62.7%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	18.9%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound	South Mountain
Population	276 → 142 (-48.6%)	383 → 295 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$63,281 → $70,345 (+11.2%)	$59,167 → $60,938 (+3.0%)
Median home value	—	$117,400 → $170,800 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$736 → $988 (+34.2%)

Mound

Population

276142

Median household income

$63,281$70,345

South Mountain

Population

383295

Median household income

$59,167$60,938

Median home value

$117,400$170,800

Median gross rent

$736$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound	South Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	40.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	16.2%	4.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	19.7%
75 and over	0.0%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound	South Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound	South Mountain
No high school diploma	24.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	22.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound	South Mountain
Drove alone	100.0%	85.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound	South Mountain
1-unit, detached	41.2%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Mound	South Mountain
Poverty rate	56.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1992	1983