Log Cabin vs Payne Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Log Cabin and Payne Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Log Cabin and Payne Springs are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Log Cabin has the higher population (913 vs 648 in Payne Springs). Since 2019, Log Cabin's population has grown faster (+67.2% vs -11.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
Population	913	648
Median age	49.0 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,841
Median home value	—	$170,200
Median gross rent	$972	$1,125
Housing units	514	410
Homeownership rate	86.3%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
Population	546 → 913 (+67.2%)	732 → 648 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$33,906 → $58,750 (+73.3%)	$40,750 → $42,841 (+5.1%)
Median home value	—	$107,000 → $170,200 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $972 (+22.4%)	$967 → $1,125 (+16.3%)

Log Cabin

Population

546913

Median household income

$33,906$58,750

Median gross rent

$794$972

Payne Springs

Population

732648

Median household income

$40,750$42,841

Median home value

$107,000$170,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
Under 5	3.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	6.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	21.9%	13.7%
75 and over	8.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
No high school diploma	23.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	24.6%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
Drove alone	81.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	1.6%
Other means	6.7%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
1-unit, detached	44.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	55.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Log Cabin	Payne Springs
Poverty rate	13.3%	20.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	55	31
Median year structure built	1988	1983