Big Thicket Lake Estates vs Dayton Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Big Thicket Lake Estates and Dayton Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Thicket Lake Estates has the higher population (550 vs 84 in Dayton Lakes). Big Thicket Lake Estates has the higher median household income ($22,074 vs $15,000 in Dayton Lakes). Big Thicket Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($111,000 vs $73,300 in Dayton Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
Population	550	84
Median age	60.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,074	$15,000
Median home value	$111,000	$73,300
Housing units	322	41
Homeownership rate	77.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	68.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
Population	704 → 550 (-21.9%)	47 → 84 (+78.7%)
Median household income	$30,417 → $22,074 (-27.4%)	$14,500 → $15,000 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $111,000 (-7.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$588 → $636 (+8.2%)	—

Big Thicket Lake Estates

Population

704550

Median household income

$30,417$22,074

Median home value

$120,300$111,000

Median gross rent

$588$636

Dayton Lakes

Population

4784

Median household income

$14,500$15,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
Under 5	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	28.5%	10.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	6.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	3.3%	22.6%
55 to 64	37.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	22.6%
75 and over	9.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	82.1%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	17.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
No high school diploma	42.9%	48.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
Drove alone	97.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
1-unit, detached	56.8%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.2%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Thicket Lake Estates	Dayton Lakes
Poverty rate	37.8%	82.1%
Average household size	2.12	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1984	1980