Bee Cave vs Shady Hollow

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

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

Bee Cave has the higher population (8,861 vs 5,821 in Shady Hollow). Shady Hollow has the higher median household income ($168,477 vs $113,157 in Bee Cave). Bee Cave has the higher median home value ($699,100 vs $644,300 in Shady Hollow).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
Population	8,861	5,821
Median age	38.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$113,157	$168,477
Median home value	$699,100	$644,300
Median gross rent	$1,807	—
Housing units	4,122	1,985
Homeownership rate	50.0%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.8%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
Population	6,642 → 8,861 (+33.4%)	4,473 → 5,821 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$94,509 → $113,157 (+19.7%)	$130,000 → $168,477 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$574,300 → $699,100 (+21.7%)	$402,400 → $644,300 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,506 → $1,807 (+20.0%)	$2,294 → $2,184 (-4.8%)

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

Shady Hollow

Population

4,4735,821

Median household income

$130,000$168,477

Median home value

$402,400$644,300

Median gross rent

$2,294$2,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
Under 5	5.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	1.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	15.6%
75 and over	8.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	70.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	14.2%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.6%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
Drove alone	59.5%	54.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.1%	35.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
1-unit, detached	53.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bee Cave	Shady Hollow
Poverty rate	2.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	2012	1987