Belterra vs San Marcos

A side-by-side comparison of Belterra and San Marcos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Marcos has the higher population (68,920 vs 7,190 in Belterra). Belterra has the higher median household income ($211,471 vs $51,030 in San Marcos). Belterra has the higher median home value ($658,400 vs $269,700 in San Marcos).

Population, income & housing

	Belterra	San Marcos
Population	7,190	68,920
Median age	36.4 yrs	25.5 yrs
Median household income	$211,471	$51,030
Median home value	$658,400	$269,700
Median gross rent	$2,789	$1,299
Housing units	2,137	29,892
Homeownership rate	97.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.5%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belterra	San Marcos
Population	5,698 → 7,190 (+26.2%)	63,220 → 68,920 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$139,236 → $211,471 (+51.9%)	$40,370 → $51,030 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$451,800 → $658,400 (+45.7%)	$171,500 → $269,700 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,717 → $2,789 (+62.4%)	$1,064 → $1,299 (+22.1%)

Belterra

Population

5,6987,190

Median household income

$139,236$211,471

Median home value

$451,800$658,400

Median gross rent

$1,717$2,789

San Marcos

Population

63,22068,920

Median household income

$40,370$51,030

Median home value

$171,500$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belterra	San Marcos
Under 5	8.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	29.0%	8.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	36.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	17.2%
35 to 44	21.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	18.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	4.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.2%
75 and over	3.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belterra	San Marcos
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	45.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	1.7%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belterra	San Marcos
No high school diploma	0.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	6.8%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belterra	San Marcos
Drove alone	56.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.7%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	34.4%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belterra	San Marcos
1-unit, detached	100.0%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	26.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Belterra	San Marcos
Poverty rate	4.0%	26.7%
Average household size	3.36	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	2012	1998