Horseshoe Bay vs Tow

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

Horseshoe Bay and Tow 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 177 in Tow). Horseshoe Bay has the higher median household income ($105,024 vs $68,750 in Tow). Horseshoe Bay has the higher median home value ($489,100 vs $295,000 in Tow).

Population, income & housing

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
Population	4,534	177
Median age	64.6 yrs	70.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,024	$68,750
Median home value	$489,100	$295,000
Median gross rent	$1,575	—
Housing units	3,801	240
Homeownership rate	83.8%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
Population	4,100 → 4,534 (+10.6%)	152 → 177 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$80,183 → $105,024 (+31.0%)	$72,634 → $68,750 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$357,800 → $489,100 (+36.7%)	$271,000 → $295,000 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $1,575 (+38.5%)	—

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

Tow

Population

152177

Median household income

$72,634$68,750

Median home value

$271,000$295,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	4.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	24.3%	46.9%
75 and over	23.7%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.9%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
Drove alone	65.9%	71.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	17.5%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
1-unit, detached	61.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Horseshoe Bay	Tow
Poverty rate	4.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.97	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1994	1966