Horseshoe Bend vs Western Lake

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

Horseshoe Bend 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 709 in Horseshoe Bend). Horseshoe Bend has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $34,372 in Western Lake). Since 2019, Western Lake's population has grown faster (+191.8% vs +21.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
Population	709	1,418
Median age	58.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$34,372
Median home value	$112,500	—
Housing units	468	538
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	22.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
Population	586 → 709 (+21.0%)	486 → 1,418 (+191.8%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $41,875 (+2.6%)	$32,279 → $34,372 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $112,500 (+37.0%)	$42,200 → $28,200 (-33.2%)

Horseshoe Bend

Population

586709

Median household income

$40,833$41,875

Median home value

$82,100$112,500

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)

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	21.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	26.2%
65 to 74	15.7%	1.3%
75 and over	23.7%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	73.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
No high school diploma	16.8%	61.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
Drove alone	74.3%	66.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	21.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
1-unit, detached	36.3%	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	63.7%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Horseshoe Bend	Western Lake
Poverty rate	17.3%	1.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	41	24
Median year structure built	1990	1994