Bee Cave vs Lago Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Bee Cave and Lago Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

Bee Cave and Lago Vista are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lago Vista has the higher population (9,341 vs 8,861 in Bee Cave). Bee Cave has the higher median household income ($113,157 vs $110,388 in Lago Vista). Bee Cave has the higher median home value ($699,100 vs $380,200 in Lago Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
Population	8,861	9,341
Median age	38.1 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,157	$110,388
Median home value	$699,100	$380,200
Median gross rent	$1,807	$1,379
Housing units	4,122	4,537
Homeownership rate	50.0%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.8%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
Population	6,642 → 8,861 (+33.4%)	6,935 → 9,341 (+34.7%)
Median household income	$94,509 → $113,157 (+19.7%)	$78,795 → $110,388 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$574,300 → $699,100 (+21.7%)	$237,200 → $380,200 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $1,807 (+20.0%)	$1,420 → $1,379 (-2.9%)

Bee Cave

Population

6,6428,861

Median household income

$94,509$113,157

Median home value

$574,300$699,100

Median gross rent

$1,506$1,807

Lago Vista

Population

6,9359,341

Median household income

$78,795$110,388

Median home value

$237,200$380,200

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
Under 5	5.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.0%
75 and over	8.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	68.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	13.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	14.2%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
Drove alone	59.5%	67.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.1%	23.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
1-unit, detached	53.5%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	27.6%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bee Cave	Lago Vista
Poverty rate	2.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	2012	2003