Blue Mound vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Mound and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Mound and Lakeside are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Mound has the higher population (2,372 vs 1,495 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($108,214 vs $64,665 in Blue Mound). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($320,200 vs $184,100 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
Population	2,372	1,495
Median age	38.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,665	$108,214
Median home value	$184,100	$320,200
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,609
Housing units	818	596
Homeownership rate	79.8%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
Population	2,981 → 2,372 (-20.4%)	1,616 → 1,495 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$56,146 → $64,665 (+15.2%)	$84,250 → $108,214 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $184,100 (+85.6%)	$176,300 → $320,200 (+81.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,429 (+25.8%)	$1,275 → $1,609 (+26.2%)

Blue Mound

Population

2,9812,372

Median household income

$56,146$64,665

Median home value

$99,200$184,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,429

Lakeside

Population

1,6161,495

Median household income

$84,250$108,214

Median home value

$176,300$320,200

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	14.5%
75 and over	2.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	54.9%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
No high school diploma	28.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
Drove alone	78.0%	65.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	95.8%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Lakeside
Poverty rate	6.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1970	1969