Cape Royale vs Shepherd

A side-by-side comparison of Cape Royale and Shepherd: population, income, housing, and more.

Cape Royale and Shepherd are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shepherd has the higher population (2,124 vs 524 in Cape Royale). Cape Royale has the higher median household income ($80,461 vs $48,368 in Shepherd). Cape Royale has the higher median home value ($279,400 vs $144,100 in Shepherd).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
Population	524	2,124
Median age	64.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,461	$48,368
Median home value	$279,400	$144,100
Median gross rent	—	$642
Housing units	866	954
Homeownership rate	79.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	21.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
Population	534 → 524 (-1.9%)	3,202 → 2,124 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$60,758 → $80,461 (+32.4%)	$44,026 → $48,368 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$276,900 → $279,400 (+0.9%)	$101,500 → $144,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$587 → $642 (+9.4%)

Cape Royale

Population

534524

Median household income

$60,758$80,461

Median home value

$276,900$279,400

Shepherd

Population

3,2022,124

Median household income

$44,026$48,368

Median home value

$101,500$144,100

Median gross rent

$587$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	1.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	50.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	28.4%	7.3%
75 and over	13.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
No high school diploma	5.7%	16.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
Drove alone	95.9%	73.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	81.6%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Cape Royale	Shepherd
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.2%
Average household size	1.68	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	51	36
Median year structure built	1999	1980