Cross Roads vs Shady Shores

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

Cross Roads 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 2,090 in Cross Roads). Shady Shores has the higher median household income ($158,333 vs $115,000 in Cross Roads). Cross Roads has the higher median home value ($543,200 vs $461,100 in Shady Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
Population	2,090	2,860
Median age	39.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,000	$158,333
Median home value	$543,200	$461,100
Median gross rent	$1,893	—
Housing units	778	1,034
Homeownership rate	95.6%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
Population	1,317 → 2,090 (+58.7%)	2,843 → 2,860 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$145,192 → $115,000 (-20.8%)	$95,045 → $158,333 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$473,200 → $543,200 (+14.8%)	$297,700 → $461,100 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,906 → $1,893 (-0.7%)	$1,500 → $1,120 (-25.3%)

Cross Roads

Population

1,3172,090

Median household income

$145,192$115,000

Median home value

$473,200$543,200

Median gross rent

$1,906$1,893

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)

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
Under 5	8.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	22.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	21.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.7%
75 and over	4.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	13.6%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
Drove alone	68.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	20.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
1-unit, detached	97.6%	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	1.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cross Roads	Shady Shores
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	41	28
Median year structure built	2014	2000