Pelican Bay vs Westlake

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

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

Pelican Bay has the higher population (2,271 vs 1,543 in Westlake). Westlake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $57,105 in Pelican Bay). Westlake has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $140,000 in Pelican Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
Population	2,271	1,543
Median age	30.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,105	$250,001
Median home value	$140,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,299	$3,501
Housing units	854	510
Homeownership rate	62.2%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
Population	1,586 → 2,271 (+43.2%)	983 → 1,543 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$43,359 → $57,105 (+31.7%)	$227,083 → $250,001 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$51,100 → $140,000 (+174.0%)	$1,741,800 → $2,000,001 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,299 (+50.9%)	$1,079 → $3,501 (+224.5%)

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

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)

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
Under 5	9.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	26.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	21.0%	0.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.9%	20.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.0%
75 and over	2.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	74.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
No high school diploma	25.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	46.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
Drove alone	79.7%	51.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.9%	42.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
1-unit, detached	34.2%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pelican Bay	Westlake
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.82	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1997	2010