Ponder vs Shady Shores

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

Ponder 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 2,524 in Ponder). Shady Shores has the higher median household income ($158,333 vs $110,714 in Ponder). Shady Shores has the higher median home value ($461,100 vs $287,000 in Ponder).

Population, income & housing

	Ponder	Shady Shores
Population	2,524	2,860
Median age	30.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,714	$158,333
Median home value	$287,000	$461,100
Median gross rent	$2,345	—
Housing units	831	1,034
Homeownership rate	78.2%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponder	Shady Shores
Population	2,369 → 2,524 (+6.5%)	2,843 → 2,860 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$85,722 → $110,714 (+29.2%)	$95,045 → $158,333 (+66.6%)
Median home value	$204,200 → $287,000 (+40.5%)	$297,700 → $461,100 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,608 → $2,345 (+45.8%)	$1,500 → $1,120 (-25.3%)

Ponder

Population

2,3692,524

Median household income

$85,722$110,714

Median home value

$204,200$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,608$2,345

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)

	Ponder	Shady Shores
Under 5	8.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	26.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	22.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	21.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	13.7%
75 and over	2.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponder	Shady Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponder	Shady Shores
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponder	Shady Shores
Drove alone	83.8%	70.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	20.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponder	Shady Shores
1-unit, detached	96.1%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Ponder	Shady Shores
Poverty rate	0.8%	4.6%
Average household size	3.07	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	2010	2000