Carlsbad vs Grape Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Carlsbad and Grape Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Carlsbad and Grape Creek are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grape Creek has the higher population (4,214 vs 662 in Carlsbad). Carlsbad has the higher median household income ($56,833 vs $49,688 in Grape Creek). Grape Creek has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $67,000 in Carlsbad).

Population, income & housing

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
Population	662	4,214
Median age	29.9 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,833	$49,688
Median home value	$67,000	$109,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,096
Housing units	174	1,536
Homeownership rate	88.6%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
Population	551 → 662 (+20.1%)	2,897 → 4,214 (+45.5%)
Median household income	$50,909 → $56,833 (+11.6%)	$43,077 → $49,688 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$37,800 → $67,000 (+77.2%)	$88,600 → $109,000 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $939 (+18.4%)	$736 → $1,096 (+48.9%)

Carlsbad

Population

551662

Median household income

$50,909$56,833

Median home value

$37,800$67,000

Median gross rent

$793$939

Grape Creek

Population

2,8974,214

Median household income

$43,077$49,688

Median home value

$88,600$109,000

Median gross rent

$736$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
Under 5	1.5%	14.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	27.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	1.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.2%
75 and over	5.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	54.6%
Black or African American	19.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	44.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
No high school diploma	26.3%	19.7%
High school graduate	58.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
Drove alone	44.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	55.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
1-unit, detached	73.0%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	45.8%

Poverty & households

	Carlsbad	Grape Creek
Poverty rate	39.1%	27.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	12	28
Median year structure built	1977	1985