Lake Colorado City vs Loraine

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Colorado City and Loraine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Colorado City has the higher population (1,001 vs 702 in Loraine). Lake Colorado City has the higher median household income ($54,286 vs $34,605 in Loraine). Loraine has the higher median home value ($57,800 vs $53,300 in Lake Colorado City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
Population	1,001	702
Median age	52.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,286	$34,605
Median home value	$53,300	$57,800
Median gross rent	$435	$367
Housing units	764	348
Homeownership rate	84.2%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
Population	493 → 1,001 (+103.0%)	533 → 702 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $54,286 (-31.1%)	$48,750 → $34,605 (-29.0%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $53,300 (-22.5%)	$26,300 → $57,800 (+119.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$580 → $367 (-36.7%)

Lake Colorado City

Population

4931,001

Median household income

$78,750$54,286

Median home value

$68,800$53,300

Loraine

Population

533702

Median household income

$48,750$34,605

Median home value

$26,300$57,800

Median gross rent

$580$367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	30.8%
18 to 24	12.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	2.6%
35 to 44	18.9%	16.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	23.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.8%
75 and over	9.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	54.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
No high school diploma	27.9%	22.2%
High school graduate	35.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
Drove alone	68.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	21.3%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	6.7%
Walked	6.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
1-unit, detached	58.0%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	42.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Colorado City	Loraine
Poverty rate	25.7%	32.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1974	1959