Dennis vs Western Lake

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

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

Western Lake has the higher population (1,418 vs 1,290 in Dennis). Dennis has the higher median household income ($162,558 vs $34,372 in Western Lake). Since 2019, Western Lake's population has grown faster (+191.8% vs +159.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Dennis	Western Lake
Population	1,290	1,418
Median age	24.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$162,558	$34,372
Median home value	$550,200	—
Housing units	289	538
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	22.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dennis	Western Lake
Population	498 → 1,290 (+159.0%)	486 → 1,418 (+191.8%)
Median household income	$203,621 → $162,558 (-20.2%)	$32,279 → $34,372 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$355,700 → $550,200 (+54.7%)	$42,200 → $28,200 (-33.2%)

Dennis

Population

4981,290

Median household income

$203,621$162,558

Median home value

$355,700$550,200

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)

	Dennis	Western Lake
Under 5	11.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	27.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	3.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	6.8%	26.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	1.3%
75 and over	0.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dennis	Western Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	17.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	73.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dennis	Western Lake
No high school diploma	3.0%	61.6%
High school graduate	13.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dennis	Western Lake
Drove alone	69.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dennis	Western Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Dennis	Western Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.1%
Average household size	4.46	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	43	24
Median year structure built	2014	1994