Paloma Creek vs Shady Shores

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

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

Paloma Creek has the higher population (3,250 vs 2,860 in Shady Shores). Shady Shores has the higher median household income ($158,333 vs $88,850 in Paloma Creek). Shady Shores has the higher median home value ($461,100 vs $308,500 in Paloma Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
Population	3,250	2,860
Median age	31.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,850	$158,333
Median home value	$308,500	$461,100
Median gross rent	$2,732	—
Housing units	1,096	1,034
Homeownership rate	81.0%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
Population	3,298 → 3,250 (-1.5%)	2,843 → 2,860 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$94,190 → $88,850 (-5.7%)	$95,045 → $158,333 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$192,800 → $308,500 (+60.0%)	$297,700 → $461,100 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,815 → $2,732 (+50.5%)	$1,500 → $1,120 (-25.3%)

Paloma Creek

Population

3,2983,250

Median household income

$94,190$88,850

Median home value

$192,800$308,500

Median gross rent

$1,815$2,732

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)

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
Under 5	13.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	24.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	16.0%
55 to 64	4.1%	21.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.7%
75 and over	2.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	83.6%
Black or African American	12.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	19.2%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
Drove alone	58.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	20.7%
Other means	18.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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

	Paloma Creek	Shady Shores
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.97	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	2008	2000