Blue Mound vs Pelican Bay

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

Blue Mound and Pelican Bay 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 2,271 in Pelican Bay). Blue Mound has the higher median household income ($64,665 vs $57,105 in Pelican Bay). Blue Mound has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $140,000 in Pelican Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
Population	2,372	2,271
Median age	38.2 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,665	$57,105
Median home value	$184,100	$140,000
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,299
Housing units	818	854
Homeownership rate	79.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
Population	2,981 → 2,372 (-20.4%)	1,586 → 2,271 (+43.2%)
Median household income	$56,146 → $64,665 (+15.2%)	$43,359 → $57,105 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $184,100 (+85.6%)	$51,100 → $140,000 (+174.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,429 (+25.8%)	$861 → $1,299 (+50.9%)

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

Pelican Bay

Population

1,5862,271

Median household income

$43,359$57,105

Median home value

$51,100$140,000

Median gross rent

$861$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
Under 5	4.7%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	23.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	21.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	19.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.5%
75 and over	2.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	68.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	54.9%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
No high school diploma	28.3%	25.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
Drove alone	78.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
1-unit, detached	95.8%	34.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	65.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Pelican Bay
Poverty rate	6.5%	11.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1970	1997