Buchanan Lake Village vs Tow

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

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

Buchanan Lake Village has the higher population (502 vs 177 in Tow). Tow has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $43,974 in Buchanan Lake Village). Tow has the higher median home value ($295,000 vs $179,900 in Buchanan Lake Village).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
Population	502	177
Median age	72.7 yrs	70.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,974	$68,750
Median home value	$179,900	$295,000
Housing units	591	240
Homeownership rate	91.3%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
Population	945 → 502 (-46.9%)	152 → 177 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $43,974 (-3.2%)	$72,634 → $68,750 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $179,900 (+64.4%)	$271,000 → $295,000 (+8.9%)

Buchanan Lake Village

Population

945502

Median household income

$45,417$43,974

Median home value

$109,400$179,900

Tow

Population

152177

Median household income

$72,634$68,750

Median home value

$271,000$295,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	4.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	24.9%	46.9%
75 and over	37.5%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
No high school diploma	19.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
Drove alone	78.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
1-unit, detached	86.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan Lake Village	Tow
Poverty rate	21.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.67	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1973	1966