Borger vs Lake Meredith Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Borger and Lake Meredith Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Borger and Lake Meredith Estates are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Borger has the higher population (12,398 vs 164 in Lake Meredith Estates). Lake Meredith Estates has the higher median home value ($92,300 vs $90,000 in Borger). Since 2019, Borger's population has grown faster (-2.4% vs -66.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
Population	12,398	164
Median age	36.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,031	—
Median home value	$90,000	$92,300
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	6,112	300
Homeownership rate	76.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
Population	12,698 → 12,398 (-2.4%)	483 → 164 (-66.0%)
Median household income	$46,183 → $59,031 (+27.8%)	$56,466 → $62,941 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $90,000 (+17.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$767 → $833 (+8.6%)	—

Borger

Population

12,69812,398

Median household income

$46,183$59,031

Median home value

$76,900$90,000

Median gross rent

$767$833

Lake Meredith Estates

Population

483164

Median household income

$56,466$62,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	29.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	33.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	4.3%
75 and over	6.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
No high school diploma	16.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
Drove alone	83.8%	56.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	40.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	3.5%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
1-unit, detached	82.3%	20.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	79.3%

Poverty & households

	Borger	Lake Meredith Estates
Poverty rate	12.1%	20.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1964	1997