Jonestown vs West Lake Hills

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

Jonestown 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 2,462 in Jonestown). West Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($211,471 vs $115,489 in Jonestown). West Lake Hills has the higher median home value ($1,647,400 vs $475,300 in Jonestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
Population	2,462	3,315
Median age	52.6 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$115,489	$211,471
Median home value	$475,300	$1,647,400
Median gross rent	$1,702	$3,501
Housing units	1,284	1,344
Homeownership rate	88.8%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
Population	1,967 → 2,462 (+25.2%)	3,311 → 3,315 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$77,625 → $115,489 (+48.8%)	$187,569 → $211,471 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $475,300 (+140.5%)	$1,001,800 → $1,647,400 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,702 (+73.9%)	$1,433 → $3,501 (+144.3%)

Jonestown

Population

1,9672,462

Median household income

$77,625$115,489

Median home value

$197,600$475,300

Median gross rent

$979$1,702

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)

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
Under 5	3.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	1.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	21.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.8%
75 and over	11.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	18.1%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	47.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
Drove alone	58.8%	51.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.9%	38.6%
Other means	2.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
1-unit, detached	87.8%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	West Lake Hills
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	2002	1988