Carter vs Western Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Carter and Western Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Carter and Western Lake 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 1,418 in Western Lake). Carter has the higher median household income ($80,114 vs $34,372 in Western Lake). Since 2019, Western Lake's population has grown faster (+191.8% vs +35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Carter	Western Lake
Population	1,642	1,418
Median age	39.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,114	$34,372
Median home value	$237,300	—
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	579	538
Homeownership rate	87.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	22.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter	Western Lake
Population	1,212 → 1,642 (+35.5%)	486 → 1,418 (+191.8%)
Median household income	$54,527 → $80,114 (+46.9%)	$32,279 → $34,372 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$120,900 → $237,300 (+96.3%)	$42,200 → $28,200 (-33.2%)
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

Western Lake

Population

4861,418

Median household income

$32,279$34,372

Median home value

$42,200$28,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter	Western Lake
Under 5	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	22.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	2.0%	26.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	1.3%
75 and over	4.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter	Western Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	17.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	73.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter	Western Lake
No high school diploma	16.9%	61.6%
High school graduate	40.6%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter	Western Lake
Drove alone	88.3%	66.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter	Western Lake
1-unit, detached	30.6%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.9%
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%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Carter	Western Lake
Poverty rate	11.9%	1.1%
Average household size	3.29	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	40	24
Median year structure built	2000	1994