Buchanan Dam vs Sunrise Beach Village

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

Buchanan Dam and Sunrise Beach 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 903 in Sunrise Beach Village). Sunrise Beach Village has the higher median household income ($71,346 vs $56,250 in Buchanan Dam). Sunrise Beach Village has the higher median home value ($556,000 vs $267,100 in Buchanan Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
Population	1,359	903
Median age	62.7 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$71,346
Median home value	$267,100	$556,000
Median gross rent	$917	$997
Housing units	1,095	996
Homeownership rate	81.1%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
Population	1,375 → 1,359 (-1.2%)	966 → 903 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $56,250 (-0.2%)	$70,972 → $71,346 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $267,100 (+61.3%)	$370,200 → $556,000 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $917 (+15.2%)	$850 → $997 (+17.3%)

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

Sunrise Beach Village

Population

966903

Median household income

$70,972$71,346

Median home value

$370,200$556,000

Median gross rent

$850$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
Under 5	1.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	6.3%	2.1%
18 to 24	1.8%	1.6%
25 to 34	4.4%	7.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	2.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	22.2%	33.2%
65 to 74	34.9%	26.0%
75 and over	11.0%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	82.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	25.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
Drove alone	82.3%	65.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
1-unit, detached	69.9%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan Dam	Sunrise Beach Village
Poverty rate	17.0%	2.2%
Average household size	1.88	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1986	1983