Bayou Vista vs Tiki Island

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

Bayou Vista and Tiki Island 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 1,209 in Tiki Island). Tiki Island has the higher median household income ($124,000 vs $114,063 in Bayou Vista). Tiki Island has the higher median home value ($618,800 vs $364,400 in Bayou Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
Population	1,916	1,209
Median age	58.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$114,063	$124,000
Median home value	$364,400	$618,800
Median gross rent	$2,250	$2,202
Housing units	1,242	1,166
Homeownership rate	86.3%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
Population	1,738 → 1,916 (+10.2%)	1,051 → 1,209 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$96,635 → $114,063 (+18.0%)	$129,583 → $124,000 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$273,300 → $364,400 (+33.3%)	$478,300 → $618,800 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,250 (+19.6%)	$1,444 → $2,202 (+52.5%)

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

Tiki Island

Population

1,0511,209

Median household income

$129,583$124,000

Median home value

$478,300$618,800

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
Under 5	2.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	5.3%	5.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.3%
25 to 34	5.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	3.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	22.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	28.8%	33.5%
65 to 74	20.6%	19.9%
75 and over	8.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	25.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
Drove alone	75.2%	65.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	30.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
1-unit, detached	97.3%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Vista	Tiki Island
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.5%
Average household size	1.92	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1979	1993