Idalou vs Shallowater

A side-by-side comparison of Idalou and Shallowater: population, income, housing, and more.

Idalou 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 2,389 in Idalou). Shallowater has the higher median household income ($79,848 vs $70,655 in Idalou). Shallowater has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $175,700 in Idalou).

Population, income & housing

	Idalou	Shallowater
Population	2,389	2,935
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,655	$79,848
Median home value	$175,700	$210,400
Median gross rent	$672	$1,179
Housing units	1,008	1,083
Homeownership rate	68.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idalou	Shallowater
Population	2,018 → 2,389 (+18.4%)	2,551 → 2,935 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$58,077 → $70,655 (+21.7%)	$68,529 → $79,848 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $175,700 (+60.8%)	$148,900 → $210,400 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $672 (+40.0%)	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)

Idalou

Population

2,0182,389

Median household income

$58,077$70,655

Median home value

$109,300$175,700

Median gross rent

$480$672

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)

	Idalou	Shallowater
Under 5	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	27.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.7%
75 and over	14.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idalou	Shallowater
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	57.0%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idalou	Shallowater
No high school diploma	13.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idalou	Shallowater
Drove alone	79.5%	87.7%
Carpooled	14.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idalou	Shallowater
1-unit, detached	84.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Idalou	Shallowater
Poverty rate	13.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1973	1986