Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres vs Taft Southwest

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres and Taft Southwest: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres and Taft Southwest are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Taft Southwest has the higher population (1,399 vs 1,020 in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres). Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $92,900 in Taft Southwest). Since 2019, Taft Southwest's population has grown faster (+42.5% vs +37.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
Population	1,020	1,399
Median age	42.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,769
Median home value	$206,800	$92,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,286
Housing units	568	622
Homeownership rate	90.5%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
Population	741 → 1,020 (+37.7%)	982 → 1,399 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$50,024 → $46,591 (-6.9%)	$14,659 → $50,769 (+246.3%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $206,800 (+139.6%)	$43,100 → $92,900 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,290 → $1,286 (-0.3%)

Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres

Population

7411,020

Median household income

$50,024$46,591

Median home value

$86,300$206,800

Taft Southwest

Population

9821,399

Median household income

$14,659$50,769

Median home value

$43,100$92,900

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
Under 5	6.7%	12.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	24.2%
18 to 24	28.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	5.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	21.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.4%
75 and over	7.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
No high school diploma	11.8%	41.1%
High school graduate	51.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
Drove alone	93.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.8%
Other means	4.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
1-unit, detached	75.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres	Taft Southwest
Poverty rate	10.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.85	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	58	24
Median year structure built	1983	1960