Lorena vs Willow Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Lorena and Willow Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Lorena and Willow Grove are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Willow Grove has the higher population (2,333 vs 1,506 in Lorena). Lorena has the higher median household income ($87,337 vs $86,250 in Willow Grove). Lorena has the higher median home value ($263,600 vs $240,900 in Willow Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Lorena	Willow Grove
Population	1,506	2,333
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,337	$86,250
Median home value	$263,600	$240,900
Median gross rent	$1,352	—
Housing units	599	944
Homeownership rate	77.1%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorena	Willow Grove
Population	1,995 → 1,506 (-24.5%)	1,992 → 2,333 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $87,337 (+10.9%)	$57,178 → $86,250 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $263,600 (+62.8%)	$160,000 → $240,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,352 (+62.5%)	$702 → $1,220 (+73.8%)

Lorena

Population

1,9951,506

Median household income

$78,750$87,337

Median home value

$161,900$263,600

Median gross rent

$832$1,352

Willow Grove

Population

1,9922,333

Median household income

$57,178$86,250

Median home value

$160,000$240,900

Median gross rent

$702$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorena	Willow Grove
Under 5	5.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	25.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.5%
75 and over	8.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorena	Willow Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	76.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorena	Willow Grove
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorena	Willow Grove
Drove alone	84.7%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorena	Willow Grove
1-unit, detached	82.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Lorena	Willow Grove
Poverty rate	3.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1983	1985