Buchanan Dam vs Horseshoe Bay

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

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

Horseshoe Bay has the higher population (4,534 vs 1,359 in Buchanan Dam). Horseshoe Bay has the higher median household income ($105,024 vs $56,250 in Buchanan Dam). Horseshoe Bay has the higher median home value ($489,100 vs $267,100 in Buchanan Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
Population	1,359	4,534
Median age	62.7 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$105,024
Median home value	$267,100	$489,100
Median gross rent	$917	$1,575
Housing units	1,095	3,801
Homeownership rate	81.1%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
Population	1,375 → 1,359 (-1.2%)	4,100 → 4,534 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $56,250 (-0.2%)	$80,183 → $105,024 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $267,100 (+61.3%)	$357,800 → $489,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $917 (+15.2%)	$1,137 → $1,575 (+38.5%)

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

Horseshoe Bay

Population

4,1004,534

Median household income

$80,183$105,024

Median home value

$357,800$489,100

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
Under 5	1.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	6.3%	6.6%
18 to 24	1.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	4.4%	3.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	22.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	34.9%	24.3%
75 and over	11.0%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.7%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
Drove alone	82.3%	65.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
1-unit, detached	69.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan Dam	Horseshoe Bay
Poverty rate	17.0%	4.1%
Average household size	1.88	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1986	1994