Buda vs Kyle

A side-by-side comparison of Buda and Kyle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kyle has the higher population (52,439 vs 15,487 in Buda). Buda has the higher median household income ($111,179 vs $89,645 in Kyle). Buda has the higher median home value ($410,100 vs $302,200 in Kyle).

Population, income & housing

	Buda	Kyle
Population	15,487	52,439
Median age	36.1 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,179	$89,645
Median home value	$410,100	$302,200
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,661
Housing units	6,058	19,225
Homeownership rate	73.6%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buda	Kyle
Population	15,565 → 15,487 (-0.5%)	42,706 → 52,439 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$89,688 → $111,179 (+24.0%)	$79,348 → $89,645 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $410,100 (+59.1%)	$196,700 → $302,200 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,785 (+28.0%)	$1,466 → $1,661 (+13.3%)

Buda

Population

15,56515,487

Median household income

$89,688$111,179

Median home value

$257,800$410,100

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,785

Kyle

Population

42,70652,439

Median household income

$79,348$89,645

Median home value

$196,700$302,200

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buda	Kyle
Under 5	6.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	18.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	4.7%
75 and over	3.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buda	Kyle
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	41.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	49.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buda	Kyle
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	18.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buda	Kyle
Drove alone	77.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buda	Kyle
1-unit, detached	83.9%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Buda	Kyle
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	2011	2009