Oakhurst vs Shepherd

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

Oakhurst 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 338 in Oakhurst). Since 2019, Oakhurst's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
Population	338	2,124
Median age	42.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,368
Median home value	—	$144,100
Median gross rent	—	$642
Housing units	148	954
Homeownership rate	44.6%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
Population	267 → 338 (+26.6%)	3,202 → 2,124 (-33.7%)
Median household income	—	$44,026 → $48,368 (+9.9%)
Median home value	—	$101,500 → $144,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$587 → $642 (+9.4%)

Oakhurst

Population

267338

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)

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	30.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	24.9%	7.3%
75 and over	17.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
No high school diploma	13.4%	16.0%
High school graduate	7.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
Drove alone	84.8%	73.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	15.2%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	56.1%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	43.9%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Oakhurst	Shepherd
Poverty rate	24.0%	18.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1976	1980