Buffalo Springs Lake vs New Deal

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo Springs Lake and New Deal: population, income, housing, and more.

Buffalo Springs Lake and New Deal are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Deal has the higher population (927 vs 525 in Buffalo Springs Lake). New Deal has the higher median household income ($95,375 vs $70,625 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Since 2019, Buffalo Springs Lake's population has grown faster (+22.7% vs +1.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
Population	525	927
Median age	52.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$95,375
Median home value	$229,000	—
Housing units	416	363
Homeownership rate	97.2%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
Population	428 → 525 (+22.7%)	915 → 927 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $70,625 (+15.0%)	$63,611 → $95,375 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $229,000 (+54.6%)	$75,200 → $73,800 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,115 → $2,096 (-0.9%)	$725 → $1,113 (+53.5%)

Buffalo Springs Lake

Population

428525

Median household income

$61,389$70,625

Median home value

$148,100$229,000

Median gross rent

$2,115$2,096

New Deal

Population

915927

Median household income

$63,611$95,375

Median home value

$75,200$73,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
Under 5	1.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	18.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	25.6%
55 to 64	19.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	19.6%	5.7%
75 and over	6.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	54.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	41.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
No high school diploma	6.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
Drove alone	90.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
1-unit, detached	99.3%	47.7%
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	0.7%	52.3%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Springs Lake	New Deal
Poverty rate	2.1%	21.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1960	1978