Barton Creek vs West Lake Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Barton Creek and West Lake Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Lake Hills has the higher population (3,315 vs 3,281 in Barton Creek). West Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($211,471 vs $193,971 in Barton Creek). Barton Creek has the higher median home value ($1,752,800 vs $1,647,400 in West Lake Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
Population	3,281	3,315
Median age	57.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$193,971	$211,471
Median home value	$1,752,800	$1,647,400
Median gross rent	$1,983	$3,501
Housing units	1,597	1,344
Homeownership rate	81.0%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.3%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
Population	2,930 → 3,281 (+12.0%)	3,311 → 3,315 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$160,988 → $193,971 (+20.5%)	$187,569 → $211,471 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$1,281,300 → $1,752,800 (+36.8%)	$1,001,800 → $1,647,400 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $1,983 (+27.8%)	$1,433 → $3,501 (+144.3%)

Barton Creek

Population

2,9303,281

Median household income

$160,988$193,971

Median home value

$1,281,300$1,752,800

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,983

West Lake Hills

Population

3,3113,315

Median household income

$187,569$211,471

Median home value

$1,001,800$1,647,400

Median gross rent

$1,433$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
Under 5	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	4.1%	1.9%
35 to 44	6.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	21.6%
65 to 74	22.6%	10.8%
75 and over	16.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	13.1%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	47.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
Drove alone	57.1%	51.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.9%	38.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
1-unit, detached	74.5%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	19.2%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Barton Creek	West Lake Hills
Poverty rate	3.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	2002	1988