Bayou Vista vs Clear Lake Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Bayou Vista and Clear Lake Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayou Vista and Clear Lake Shores are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bayou Vista has the higher population (1,916 vs 1,182 in Clear Lake Shores). Bayou Vista has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $111,563 in Clear Lake Shores). Clear Lake Shores has the higher median home value ($448,500 vs $364,400 in Bayou Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
Population	1,916	1,182
Median age	58.6 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$111,563
Median home value	$364,400	$448,500
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,896
Housing units	1,242	628
Homeownership rate	86.3%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
Population	1,738 → 1,916 (+10.2%)	1,190 → 1,182 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$96,635 → $114,063 (+18.0%)	$106,902 → $111,563 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$273,300 → $364,400 (+33.3%)	$349,000 → $448,500 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,250 (+19.6%)	$1,482 → $1,896 (+27.9%)

Bayou Vista

Population

1,7381,916

Median household income

$96,635$114,063

Median home value

$273,300$364,400

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,250

Clear Lake Shores

Population

1,1901,182

Median household income

$106,902$111,563

Median home value

$349,000$448,500

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
Under 5	2.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	5.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.3%	1.9%
35 to 44	3.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	22.2%	20.4%
55 to 64	28.8%	26.6%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.6%
75 and over	8.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
Drove alone	75.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.1%
Other means	1.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
1-unit, detached	97.3%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Vista	Clear Lake Shores
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1979	1988