Homestead Meadows South vs Horizon City

A side-by-side comparison of Homestead Meadows South and Horizon City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Horizon City has the higher population (23,069 vs 7,687 in Homestead Meadows South). Horizon City has the higher median household income ($65,702 vs $60,571 in Homestead Meadows South). Horizon City has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $135,100 in Homestead Meadows South).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
Population	7,687	23,069
Median age	29.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,571	$65,702
Median home value	$135,100	$154,200
Median gross rent	$762	$1,239
Housing units	2,041	7,121
Homeownership rate	78.0%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
Population	7,089 → 7,687 (+8.4%)	19,459 → 23,069 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$38,641 → $60,571 (+56.8%)	$60,431 → $65,702 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $135,100 (+92.2%)	$121,500 → $154,200 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $762 (+15.6%)	$1,043 → $1,239 (+18.8%)

Homestead Meadows South

Population

7,0897,687

Median household income

$38,641$60,571

Median home value

$70,300$135,100

Median gross rent

$659$762

Horizon City

Population

19,45923,069

Median household income

$60,431$65,702

Median home value

$121,500$154,200

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
Under 5	10.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	24.9%	27.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	19.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.0%
75 and over	3.4%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	8.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	98.4%	88.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
No high school diploma	31.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	23.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
Drove alone	86.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	9.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
1-unit, detached	59.4%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Homestead Meadows South	Horizon City
Poverty rate	16.2%	22.6%
Average household size	3.91	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1996	2004