Buchanan Dam vs Tow

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

Buchanan Dam and Tow 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 177 in Tow). Tow has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $56,250 in Buchanan Dam). Tow has the higher median home value ($295,000 vs $267,100 in Buchanan Dam).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
Population	1,359	177
Median age	62.7 yrs	70.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$68,750
Median home value	$267,100	$295,000
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	1,095	240
Homeownership rate	81.1%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
Population	1,375 → 1,359 (-1.2%)	152 → 177 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $56,250 (-0.2%)	$72,634 → $68,750 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$165,600 → $267,100 (+61.3%)	$271,000 → $295,000 (+8.9%)
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

Tow

Population

152177

Median household income

$72,634$68,750

Median home value

$271,000$295,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	22.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	34.9%	46.9%
75 and over	11.0%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	96.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.7%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
Drove alone	82.3%	71.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
1-unit, detached	69.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan Dam	Tow
Poverty rate	17.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.88	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1986	1966