Emerald Bay vs Lindale

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

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

Lindale has the higher population (6,389 vs 1,074 in Emerald Bay). Emerald Bay has the higher median household income ($120,139 vs $81,603 in Lindale). Emerald Bay has the higher median home value ($279,200 vs $235,000 in Lindale).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
Population	1,074	6,389
Median age	69.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,139	$81,603
Median home value	$279,200	$235,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,212
Housing units	498	2,953
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
Population	1,255 → 1,074 (-14.4%)	6,011 → 6,389 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$71,333 → $120,139 (+68.4%)	$59,150 → $81,603 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $279,200 (+14.8%)	$146,100 → $235,000 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,212 (+14.0%)

Emerald Bay

Population

1,2551,074

Median household income

$71,333$120,139

Median home value

$243,200$279,200

Lindale

Population

6,0116,389

Median household income

$59,150$81,603

Median home value

$146,100$235,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,212

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
Under 5	4.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	2.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	0.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	6.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	33.5%	4.4%
75 and over	34.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	9.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
Drove alone	67.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
1-unit, detached	72.7%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	18.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Bay	Lindale
Poverty rate	1.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1985	1994