Lake City vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Lake City and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Paul has the higher population (1,165 vs 575 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median home value ($85,800 vs $61,400 in St. Paul). Since 2019, St. Paul's population has grown faster (+20.6% vs +5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	St. Paul
Population	575	1,165
Median age	44.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	—
Median home value	$85,800	$61,400
Median gross rent	$936	—
Housing units	354	453
Homeownership rate	84.0%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	St. Paul
Population	545 → 575 (+5.5%)	966 → 1,165 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$40,855 → $60,769 (+48.7%)	—
Median home value	$79,500 → $85,800 (+7.9%)	$58,400 → $61,400 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $936 (+61.1%)	—

Lake City

Population

545575

Median household income

$40,855$60,769

Median home value

$79,500$85,800

Median gross rent

$581$936

St. Paul

Population

9661,165

Median home value

$58,400$61,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	St. Paul
Under 5	10.1%	10.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	21.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	2.1%
55 to 64	21.6%	20.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.3%
75 and over	2.4%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	36.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	54.8%	63.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	St. Paul
No high school diploma	19.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	St. Paul
Drove alone	95.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	70.6%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	64.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	St. Paul
Poverty rate	17.7%	17.6%
Average household size	2.42	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1981	1971