Canyon vs Palisades

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

Canyon and Palisades 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 301 in Palisades). Palisades has the higher median household income ($71,286 vs $68,233 in Canyon). Canyon has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $217,900 in Palisades).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon	Palisades
Population	15,398	301
Median age	28.2 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,233	$71,286
Median home value	$218,300	$217,900
Median gross rent	$975	—
Housing units	6,001	182
Homeownership rate	53.7%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon	Palisades
Population	15,305 → 15,398 (+0.6%)	346 → 301 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$60,171 → $68,233 (+13.4%)	$80,625 → $71,286 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$162,700 → $218,300 (+34.2%)	$146,100 → $217,900 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $975 (+15.5%)	$1,125 → $1,188 (+5.6%)

Canyon

Population

15,30515,398

Median household income

$60,171$68,233

Median home value

$162,700$218,300

Median gross rent

$844$975

Palisades

Population

346301

Median household income

$80,625$71,286

Median home value

$146,100$217,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon	Palisades
Under 5	5.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	24.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	21.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	18.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	15.9%
75 and over	5.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon	Palisades
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	76.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon	Palisades
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	23.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon	Palisades
Drove alone	77.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	5.3%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon	Palisades
1-unit, detached	64.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.5%
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%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Canyon	Palisades
Poverty rate	12.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1983	1977