Emerald Bay vs Whitehouse

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

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

Whitehouse has the higher population (8,794 vs 1,074 in Emerald Bay). Emerald Bay has the higher median household income ($120,139 vs $72,500 in Whitehouse). Emerald Bay has the higher median home value ($279,200 vs $216,000 in Whitehouse).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
Population	1,074	8,794
Median age	69.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$120,139	$72,500
Median home value	$279,200	$216,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,447
Housing units	498	3,323
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
Population	1,255 → 1,074 (-14.4%)	8,489 → 8,794 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$71,333 → $120,139 (+68.4%)	$68,462 → $72,500 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $279,200 (+14.8%)	$155,500 → $216,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,160 → $1,447 (+24.7%)

Emerald Bay

Population

1,2551,074

Median household income

$71,333$120,139

Median home value

$243,200$279,200

Whitehouse

Population

8,4898,794

Median household income

$68,462$72,500

Median home value

$155,500$216,000

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
Under 5	4.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	9.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	2.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	0.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	33.5%	5.4%
75 and over	34.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	9.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
Drove alone	67.0%	85.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
1-unit, detached	72.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	18.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Bay	Whitehouse
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1985	1992