Arp vs Emerald Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Arp and Emerald Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Arp and Emerald Bay are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Emerald Bay has the higher population (1,074 vs 1,055 in Arp). Emerald Bay has the higher median household income ($120,139 vs $59,219 in Arp). Emerald Bay has the higher median home value ($279,200 vs $99,300 in Arp).

Population, income & housing

	Arp	Emerald Bay
Population	1,055	1,074
Median age	36.3 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,219	$120,139
Median home value	$99,300	$279,200
Median gross rent	$1,023	—
Housing units	379	498
Homeownership rate	77.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arp	Emerald Bay
Population	995 → 1,055 (+6.0%)	1,255 → 1,074 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$55,521 → $59,219 (+6.7%)	$71,333 → $120,139 (+68.4%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $99,300 (+25.9%)	$243,200 → $279,200 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,023 (+23.4%)	—

Arp

Population

9951,055

Median household income

$55,521$59,219

Median home value

$78,900$99,300

Median gross rent

$829$1,023

Emerald Bay

Population

1,2551,074

Median household income

$71,333$120,139

Median home value

$243,200$279,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arp	Emerald Bay
Under 5	6.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	9.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	2.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	0.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	6.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	33.5%
75 and over	6.1%	34.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arp	Emerald Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	96.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	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	11.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arp	Emerald Bay
No high school diploma	18.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arp	Emerald Bay
Drove alone	84.5%	67.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	33.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arp	Emerald Bay
1-unit, detached	78.6%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arp	Emerald Bay
Poverty rate	8.7%	1.8%
Average household size	3.19	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1968	1985