Bayou Vista vs San Leon

A side-by-side comparison of Bayou Vista and San Leon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Leon has the higher population (5,764 vs 1,916 in Bayou Vista). Bayou Vista has the higher median household income ($114,063 vs $76,573 in San Leon). Bayou Vista has the higher median home value ($364,400 vs $166,700 in San Leon).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
Population	1,916	5,764
Median age	58.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$76,573
Median home value	$364,400	$166,700
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,152
Housing units	1,242	2,846
Homeownership rate	86.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
Population	1,738 → 1,916 (+10.2%)	5,336 → 5,764 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$96,635 → $114,063 (+18.0%)	$39,542 → $76,573 (+93.6%)
Median home value	$273,300 → $364,400 (+33.3%)	$130,300 → $166,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,250 (+19.6%)	$846 → $1,152 (+36.2%)

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

San Leon

Population

5,3365,764

Median household income

$39,542$76,573

Median home value

$130,300$166,700

Median gross rent

$846$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
Under 5	2.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	5.3%	10.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	5.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	3.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	22.2%	19.3%
55 to 64	28.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.6%
75 and over	8.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	47.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
No high school diploma	4.7%	29.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
Drove alone	75.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	20.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	8.5%
Other means	1.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
1-unit, detached	97.3%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Vista	San Leon
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1979	1996