Buchanan Dam vs Buchanan Lake Village

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan Dam and Buchanan Lake Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buchanan Dam has the higher population (1,359 vs 502 in Buchanan Lake Village). Buchanan Dam has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $43,974 in Buchanan Lake Village). Buchanan Dam has the higher median home value ($267,100 vs $179,900 in Buchanan Lake Village).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
Population	1,359	502
Median age	62.7 yrs	72.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$43,974
Median home value	$267,100	$179,900
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	1,095	591
Homeownership rate	81.1%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
Population	1,375 → 1,359 (-1.2%)	945 → 502 (-46.9%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $56,250 (-0.2%)	$45,417 → $43,974 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $267,100 (+61.3%)	$109,400 → $179,900 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $917 (+15.2%)	—

Buchanan Dam

Population

1,3751,359

Median household income

$56,375$56,250

Median home value

$165,600$267,100

Median gross rent

$796$917

Buchanan Lake Village

Population

945502

Median household income

$45,417$43,974

Median home value

$109,400$179,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
Under 5	1.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	6.3%	4.2%
18 to 24	1.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	4.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	22.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	34.9%	24.9%
75 and over	11.0%	37.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
No high school diploma	6.8%	19.6%
High school graduate	25.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
Drove alone	82.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
1-unit, detached	69.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan Dam	Buchanan Lake Village
Poverty rate	17.0%	21.3%
Average household size	1.88	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	1986	1973