Pinewood Estates vs Sour Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Pinewood Estates and Sour Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Pinewood Estates and Sour Lake are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sour Lake has the higher population (2,162 vs 1,374 in Pinewood Estates). Pinewood Estates has the higher median household income ($113,289 vs $73,190 in Sour Lake). Pinewood Estates has the higher median home value ($317,700 vs $161,800 in Sour Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
Population	1,374	2,162
Median age	36.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,289	$73,190
Median home value	$317,700	$161,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,164
Housing units	418	837
Homeownership rate	98.6%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
Population	1,628 → 1,374 (-15.6%)	2,206 → 2,162 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$124,457 → $113,289 (-9.0%)	$56,065 → $73,190 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$266,600 → $317,700 (+19.2%)	$97,400 → $161,800 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $1,164 (+27.5%)

Pinewood Estates

Population

1,6281,374

Median household income

$124,457$113,289

Median home value

$266,600$317,700

Sour Lake

Population

2,2062,162

Median household income

$56,065$73,190

Median home value

$97,400$161,800

Median gross rent

$913$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
Under 5	5.7%	12.7%
5 to 17	32.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	20.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	2.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.7%
75 and over	7.9%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
No high school diploma	3.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	27.1%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
Drove alone	84.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Pinewood Estates	Sour Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.1%
Average household size	3.29	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1985	1978