Blue Mound vs Westlake

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

Blue Mound and Westlake 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 1,543 in Westlake). Westlake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $64,665 in Blue Mound). Westlake has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $184,100 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Westlake
Population	2,372	1,543
Median age	38.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,665	$250,001
Median home value	$184,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,429	$3,501
Housing units	818	510
Homeownership rate	79.8%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Westlake
Population	2,981 → 2,372 (-20.4%)	983 → 1,543 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$56,146 → $64,665 (+15.2%)	$227,083 → $250,001 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $184,100 (+85.6%)	$1,741,800 → $2,000,001 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,429 (+25.8%)	$1,079 → $3,501 (+224.5%)

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

Westlake

Population

9831,543

Median household income

$227,083$250,001

Median home value

$1,741,800$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,079$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Westlake
Under 5	4.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	26.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	0.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	20.7%
55 to 64	19.4%	21.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.0%
75 and over	2.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	74.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.0%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	54.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Westlake
No high school diploma	28.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.4%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	46.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Westlake
Drove alone	78.0%	51.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.1%	42.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Westlake
1-unit, detached	95.8%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Westlake
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.98	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1970	2010