Buffalo Springs Lake vs Ransom Canyon

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

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

Ransom Canyon has the higher population (1,081 vs 525 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Ransom Canyon has the higher median household income ($111,458 vs $70,625 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Ransom Canyon has the higher median home value ($311,600 vs $229,000 in Buffalo Springs Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
Population	525	1,081
Median age	52.5 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$111,458
Median home value	$229,000	$311,600
Housing units	416	531
Homeownership rate	97.2%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
Population	428 → 525 (+22.7%)	1,056 → 1,081 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $70,625 (+15.0%)	$105,000 → $111,458 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $229,000 (+54.6%)	$252,700 → $311,600 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,115 → $2,096 (-0.9%)	$1,222 → $1,390 (+13.7%)

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

Ransom Canyon

Population

1,0561,081

Median household income

$105,000$111,458

Median home value

$252,700$311,600

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
Under 5	1.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	2.7%	4.1%
35 to 44	18.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	14.3%
75 and over	6.5%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
Drove alone	90.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
1-unit, detached	99.3%	99.2%
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%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Ransom Canyon
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1960	1987