Buchanan Dam vs Kingsland

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

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

Kingsland has the higher population (7,246 vs 1,359 in Buchanan Dam). Buchanan Dam has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $55,801 in Kingsland). Buchanan Dam has the higher median home value ($267,100 vs $230,200 in Kingsland).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
Population	1,359	7,246
Median age	62.7 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$55,801
Median home value	$267,100	$230,200
Median gross rent	$917	$984
Housing units	1,095	4,404
Homeownership rate	81.1%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
Population	1,375 → 1,359 (-1.2%)	7,134 → 7,246 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $56,250 (-0.2%)	$42,152 → $55,801 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $267,100 (+61.3%)	$121,700 → $230,200 (+89.2%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $917 (+15.2%)	$869 → $984 (+13.2%)

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

Kingsland

Population

7,1347,246

Median household income

$42,152$55,801

Median home value

$121,700$230,200

Median gross rent

$869$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
Under 5	1.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	6.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	4.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	22.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	34.9%	15.9%
75 and over	11.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	71.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
Drove alone	82.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
1-unit, detached	69.9%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan Dam	Kingsland
Poverty rate	17.0%	16.3%
Average household size	1.88	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1986	1994