Payne Springs vs Star Harbor

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

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

Payne Springs has the higher population (648 vs 503 in Star Harbor). Star Harbor has the higher median household income ($95,536 vs $42,841 in Payne Springs). Star Harbor has the higher median home value ($310,700 vs $170,200 in Payne Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
Population	648	503
Median age	46.7 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,841	$95,536
Median home value	$170,200	$310,700
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,809
Housing units	410	382
Homeownership rate	74.2%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
Population	732 → 648 (-11.5%)	509 → 503 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $42,841 (+5.1%)	$71,250 → $95,536 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $170,200 (+59.1%)	$258,200 → $310,700 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,125 (+16.3%)	$1,500 → $1,809 (+20.6%)

Payne Springs

Population

732648

Median household income

$40,750$42,841

Median home value

$107,000$170,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,125

Star Harbor

Population

509503

Median household income

$71,250$95,536

Median home value

$258,200$310,700

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	26.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.1%
75 and over	11.3%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
No high school diploma	13.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	38.8%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
Drove alone	83.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	4.1%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
1-unit, detached	80.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Payne Springs	Star Harbor
Poverty rate	20.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	31	45
Median year structure built	1983	1987