Buchanan Lake Village vs Horseshoe Bay

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

Buchanan Lake Village 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 502 in Buchanan Lake Village). Horseshoe Bay has the higher median household income ($105,024 vs $43,974 in Buchanan Lake Village). Horseshoe Bay has the higher median home value ($489,100 vs $179,900 in Buchanan Lake Village).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
Population	502	4,534
Median age	72.7 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,974	$105,024
Median home value	$179,900	$489,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,575
Housing units	591	3,801
Homeownership rate	91.3%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
Population	945 → 502 (-46.9%)	4,100 → 4,534 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $43,974 (-3.2%)	$80,183 → $105,024 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $179,900 (+64.4%)	$357,800 → $489,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,137 → $1,575 (+38.5%)

Buchanan Lake Village

Population

945502

Median household income

$45,417$43,974

Median home value

$109,400$179,900

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 Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
Under 5	1.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	6.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	4.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	24.9%	24.3%
75 and over	37.5%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
No high school diploma	19.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
Drove alone	78.0%	65.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
1-unit, detached	86.5%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan Lake Village	Horseshoe Bay
Poverty rate	21.3%	4.1%
Average household size	1.67	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1973	1994