Indian Hills vs Palmhurst

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Hills and Palmhurst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Indian Hills has the higher population (2,779 vs 2,595 in Palmhurst). Palmhurst has the higher median household income ($82,629 vs $27,019 in Indian Hills). Palmhurst has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $58,000 in Indian Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
Population	2,779	2,595
Median age	25.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,019	$82,629
Median home value	$58,000	$266,700
Median gross rent	$1,082	$816
Housing units	780	928
Homeownership rate	89.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
Population	3,001 → 2,779 (-7.4%)	2,713 → 2,595 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$23,117 → $27,019 (+16.9%)	$77,692 → $82,629 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$44,500 → $58,000 (+30.3%)	$262,700 → $266,700 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $1,082 (+87.2%)	$1,004 → $816 (-18.7%)

Indian Hills

Population

3,0012,779

Median household income

$23,117$27,019

Median home value

$44,500$58,000

Median gross rent

$578$1,082

Palmhurst

Population

2,7132,595

Median household income

$77,692$82,629

Median home value

$262,700$266,700

Median gross rent

$1,004$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
Under 5	9.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	29.9%	25.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.3%
75 and over	1.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	16.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	97.1%	78.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
No high school diploma	57.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	22.2%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
Drove alone	64.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	13.3%
Other means	5.9%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
1-unit, detached	76.2%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Indian Hills	Palmhurst
Poverty rate	68.0%	8.9%
Average household size	4.38	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	2000	1997