Copper Canyon vs Shady Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Copper Canyon and Shady Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Copper Canyon and Shady Shores are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shady Shores has the higher population (2,860 vs 2,257 in Copper Canyon). Shady Shores has the higher median household income ($158,333 vs $143,304 in Copper Canyon). Copper Canyon has the higher median home value ($700,100 vs $461,100 in Shady Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
Population	2,257	2,860
Median age	54.0 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,304	$158,333
Median home value	$700,100	$461,100
Median gross rent	$1,946	—
Housing units	868	1,034
Homeownership rate	96.5%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
Population	1,121 → 2,257 (+101.3%)	2,843 → 2,860 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$151,250 → $143,304 (-5.3%)	$95,045 → $158,333 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$566,500 → $700,100 (+23.6%)	$297,700 → $461,100 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,946 (+32.5%)	$1,500 → $1,120 (-25.3%)

Copper Canyon

Population

1,1212,257

Median household income

$151,250$143,304

Median home value

$566,500$700,100

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,946

Shady Shores

Population

2,8432,860

Median household income

$95,045$158,333

Median home value

$297,700$461,100

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
Under 5	3.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	23.6%	21.3%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.7%
75 and over	6.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	17.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
Drove alone	60.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
1-unit, detached	99.4%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
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	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Copper Canyon	Shady Shores
Poverty rate	0.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	2002	2000