Payne Springs vs Sunrise Shores

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

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

Sunrise Shores has the higher population (650 vs 648 in Payne Springs). Payne Springs has the higher median household income ($42,841 vs $37,462 in Sunrise Shores). Payne Springs has the higher median home value ($170,200 vs $52,300 in Sunrise Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
Population	648	650
Median age	46.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,841	$37,462
Median home value	$170,200	$52,300
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	410	448
Homeownership rate	74.2%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
Population	732 → 648 (-11.5%)	518 → 650 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $42,841 (+5.1%)	$65,903 → $37,462 (-43.2%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $170,200 (+59.1%)	$52,800 → $52,300 (-0.9%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,125 (+16.3%)	—

Payne Springs

Population

732648

Median household income

$40,750$42,841

Median home value

$107,000$170,200

Median gross rent

$967$1,125

Sunrise Shores

Population

518650

Median household income

$65,903$37,462

Median home value

$52,800$52,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	25.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	21.2%
75 and over	11.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	96.9%
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	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
No high school diploma	13.4%	26.8%
High school graduate	38.8%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
Drove alone	83.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
1-unit, detached	80.7%	47.8%
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%	52.2%

Poverty & households

	Payne Springs	Sunrise Shores
Poverty rate	20.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1983	1986