Canyon vs Lake Tanglewood

A side-by-side comparison of Canyon and Lake Tanglewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canyon has the higher population (15,398 vs 684 in Lake Tanglewood). Lake Tanglewood has the higher median household income ($125,179 vs $68,233 in Canyon). Lake Tanglewood has the higher median home value ($642,400 vs $218,300 in Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
Population	15,398	684
Median age	28.2 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,233	$125,179
Median home value	$218,300	$642,400
Median gross rent	$975	—
Housing units	6,001	422
Homeownership rate	53.7%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
Population	15,305 → 15,398 (+0.6%)	791 → 684 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$60,171 → $68,233 (+13.4%)	$147,000 → $125,179 (-14.8%)
Median home value	$162,700 → $218,300 (+34.2%)	$504,400 → $642,400 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $975 (+15.5%)	—

Canyon

Population

15,30515,398

Median household income

$60,171$68,233

Median home value

$162,700$218,300

Median gross rent

$844$975

Lake Tanglewood

Population

791684

Median household income

$147,000$125,179

Median home value

$504,400$642,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
Under 5	5.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	6.9%
18 to 24	24.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	2.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	19.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	24.4%
75 and over	5.4%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
Drove alone	77.4%	85.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.1%
Other means	1.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
1-unit, detached	64.1%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Canyon	Lake Tanglewood
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1983	1985