Shenandoah vs The Woodlands

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

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

The Woodlands has the higher population (116,916 vs 3,597 in Shenandoah). The Woodlands has the higher median household income ($141,353 vs $67,422 in Shenandoah). The Woodlands has the higher median home value ($479,400 vs $396,000 in Shenandoah).

Population, income & housing

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
Population	3,597	116,916
Median age	60.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,422	$141,353
Median home value	$396,000	$479,400
Median gross rent	$1,325	$1,792
Housing units	1,918	45,301
Homeownership rate	55.8%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	65.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
Population	2,887 → 3,597 (+24.6%)	113,819 → 116,916 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$80,451 → $67,422 (-16.2%)	$122,634 → $141,353 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$261,000 → $396,000 (+51.7%)	$374,200 → $479,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,325 (+23.7%)	$1,566 → $1,792 (+14.4%)

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

The Woodlands

Population

113,819116,916

Median household income

$122,634$141,353

Median home value

$374,200$479,400

Median gross rent

$1,566$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
Under 5	1.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	8.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	1.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	26.1%	8.9%
75 and over	18.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	64.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.2%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	15.7%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
Drove alone	76.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.9%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
1-unit, detached	56.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	7.5%
20 or more units	22.9%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Shenandoah	The Woodlands
Poverty rate	8.3%	5.6%
Average household size	1.90	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	2002	2000