Buffalo Springs Lake vs Shallowater

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

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

Shallowater has the higher population (2,935 vs 525 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Shallowater has the higher median household income ($79,848 vs $70,625 in Buffalo Springs Lake). Buffalo Springs Lake has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $210,400 in Shallowater).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
Population	525	2,935
Median age	52.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$79,848
Median home value	$229,000	$210,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,179
Housing units	416	1,083
Homeownership rate	97.2%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
Population	428 → 525 (+22.7%)	2,551 → 2,935 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $70,625 (+15.0%)	$68,529 → $79,848 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $229,000 (+54.6%)	$148,900 → $210,400 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,115 → $2,096 (-0.9%)	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)

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

Shallowater

Population

2,5512,935

Median household income

$68,529$79,848

Median home value

$148,900$210,400

Median gross rent

$922$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
Under 5	1.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	27.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	2.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	18.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	19.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	22.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
Drove alone	90.0%	87.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
1-unit, detached	99.3%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo Springs Lake	Shallowater
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.08	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1960	1986