Lake Worth vs Pecan Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Worth and Pecan Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Worth and Pecan Acres are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Worth has the higher population (4,667 vs 3,966 in Pecan Acres). Pecan Acres has the higher median household income ($138,977 vs $83,869 in Lake Worth). Pecan Acres has the higher median home value ($531,900 vs $210,700 in Lake Worth).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
Population	4,667	3,966
Median age	45.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,869	$138,977
Median home value	$210,700	$531,900
Median gross rent	$1,342	—
Housing units	1,941	1,672
Homeownership rate	71.1%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
Population	4,929 → 4,667 (-5.3%)	5,259 → 3,966 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$60,213 → $83,869 (+39.3%)	$103,563 → $138,977 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $210,700 (+83.9%)	$357,300 → $531,900 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,342 (+29.7%)	$850 → $941 (+10.7%)

Lake Worth

Population

4,9294,667

Median household income

$60,213$83,869

Median home value

$114,600$210,700

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,342

Pecan Acres

Population

5,2593,966

Median household income

$103,563$138,977

Median home value

$357,300$531,900

Median gross rent

$850$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
Under 5	3.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.8%
75 and over	7.4%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	35.3%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
No high school diploma	16.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
Drove alone	65.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	22.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	20.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
1-unit, detached	92.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Worth	Pecan Acres
Poverty rate	16.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1967	2003