Conroe vs Shenandoah

A side-by-side comparison of Conroe and Shenandoah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conroe has the higher population (96,976 vs 3,597 in Shenandoah). Conroe has the higher median household income ($75,245 vs $67,422 in Shenandoah). Shenandoah has the higher median home value ($396,000 vs $283,100 in Conroe).

Population, income & housing

	Conroe	Shenandoah
Population	96,976	3,597
Median age	32.8 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,245	$67,422
Median home value	$283,100	$396,000
Median gross rent	$1,350	$1,325
Housing units	40,219	1,918
Homeownership rate	55.2%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conroe	Shenandoah
Population	84,358 → 96,976 (+15.0%)	2,887 → 3,597 (+24.6%)
Median household income	$60,343 → $75,245 (+24.7%)	$80,451 → $67,422 (-16.2%)
Median home value	$187,300 → $283,100 (+51.1%)	$261,000 → $396,000 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,350 (+24.4%)	$1,071 → $1,325 (+23.7%)

Conroe

Population

84,35896,976

Median household income

$60,343$75,245

Median home value

$187,300$283,100

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,350

Shenandoah

Population

2,8873,597

Median household income

$80,451$67,422

Median home value

$261,000$396,000

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conroe	Shenandoah
Under 5	7.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	8.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	1.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	26.1%
75 and over	5.8%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conroe	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	69.6%
Black or African American	11.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conroe	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	12.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	23.9%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conroe	Shenandoah
Drove alone	76.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	19.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conroe	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	54.0%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	16.3%
20 or more units	12.0%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Conroe	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.54	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2004	2002