Carter vs Horseshoe Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Carter and Horseshoe Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carter has the higher population (1,642 vs 709 in Horseshoe Bend). Carter has the higher median household income ($80,114 vs $41,875 in Horseshoe Bend). Carter has the higher median home value ($237,300 vs $112,500 in Horseshoe Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
Population	1,642	709
Median age	39.6 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,114	$41,875
Median home value	$237,300	$112,500
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	579	468
Homeownership rate	87.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
Population	1,212 → 1,642 (+35.5%)	586 → 709 (+21.0%)
Median household income	$54,527 → $80,114 (+46.9%)	$40,833 → $41,875 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$120,900 → $237,300 (+96.3%)	$82,100 → $112,500 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $863 (+0.7%)	—

Carter

Population

1,2121,642

Median household income

$54,527$80,114

Median home value

$120,900$237,300

Median gross rent

$857$863

Horseshoe Bend

Population

586709

Median household income

$40,833$41,875

Median home value

$82,100$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	3.5%
45 to 54	22.2%	21.0%
55 to 64	2.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	15.7%
75 and over	4.0%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
No high school diploma	16.9%	16.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
Drove alone	88.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
1-unit, detached	30.6%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.1%	63.7%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Horseshoe Bend
Poverty rate	11.9%	17.3%
Average household size	3.29	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	40	41
Median year structure built	2000	1990