Bluff Dale vs Stephenville

A side-by-side comparison of Bluff Dale and Stephenville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluff Dale and Stephenville are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stephenville has the higher population (21,345 vs 169 in Bluff Dale). Bluff Dale has the higher median home value ($585,900 vs $226,300 in Stephenville). Since 2019, Bluff Dale's population has grown faster (+77.9% vs +3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
Population	169	21,345
Median age	55.5 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,504
Median home value	$585,900	$226,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,128
Housing units	63	9,134
Homeownership rate	70.7%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
Population	95 → 169 (+77.9%)	20,603 → 21,345 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$67,813 → $83,194 (+22.7%)	$47,161 → $55,504 (+17.7%)
Median home value	—	$141,500 → $226,300 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$926 → $1,128 (+21.8%)

Bluff Dale

Population

95169

Median household income

$67,813$83,194

Stephenville

Population

20,60321,345

Median household income

$47,161$55,504

Median home value

$141,500$226,300

Median gross rent

$926$1,128

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	19.5%	30.2%
25 to 34	19.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	1.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	32.5%	6.6%
65 to 74	20.1%	6.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.3%
High school graduate	26.4%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	46.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
Drove alone	77.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	20.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
1-unit, detached	77.8%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluff Dale	Stephenville
Poverty rate	14.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.91	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1983	1982