Ransom Canyon vs Shallowater

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

Ransom Canyon 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 1,081 in Ransom Canyon). Ransom Canyon has the higher median household income ($111,458 vs $79,848 in Shallowater). Ransom Canyon has the higher median home value ($311,600 vs $210,400 in Shallowater).

Population, income & housing

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
Population	1,081	2,935
Median age	53.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,458	$79,848
Median home value	$311,600	$210,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,179
Housing units	531	1,083
Homeownership rate	98.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
Population	1,056 → 1,081 (+2.4%)	2,551 → 2,935 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $111,458 (+6.2%)	$68,529 → $79,848 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$252,700 → $311,600 (+23.3%)	$148,900 → $210,400 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,390 (+13.7%)	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)

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

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)

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
Under 5	3.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	27.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.7%
75 and over	17.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	65.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	16.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
Drove alone	84.8%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
1-unit, detached	99.2%	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	0.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Ransom Canyon	Shallowater
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1987	1986