Sour Lake vs Wildwood

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

Sour Lake and Wildwood 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 309 in Wildwood). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($74,038 vs $73,190 in Sour Lake). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($237,500 vs $161,800 in Sour Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Sour Lake	Wildwood
Population	2,162	309
Median age	30.7 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,190	$74,038
Median home value	$161,800	$237,500
Median gross rent	$1,164	—
Housing units	837	414
Homeownership rate	64.9%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sour Lake	Wildwood
Population	2,206 → 2,162 (-2.0%)	1,379 → 309 (-77.6%)
Median household income	$56,065 → $73,190 (+30.5%)	$63,631 → $74,038 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $161,800 (+66.1%)	$179,700 → $237,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,164 (+27.5%)	—

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

Wildwood

Population

1,379309

Median household income

$63,631$74,038

Median home value

$179,700$237,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sour Lake	Wildwood
Under 5	12.7%	11.3%
5 to 17	23.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	31.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.7%
75 and over	1.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sour Lake	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sour Lake	Wildwood
No high school diploma	10.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.9%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sour Lake	Wildwood
Drove alone	82.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	21.7%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Sour Lake	Wildwood
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.96	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1978	1973