Lost Creek vs Sunset Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Lost Creek and Sunset Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lost Creek has the higher population (1,150 vs 713 in Sunset Valley). Lost Creek has the higher median household income ($160,609 vs $151,250 in Sunset Valley). Lost Creek has the higher median home value ($1,174,600 vs $869,300 in Sunset Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
Population	1,150	713
Median age	46.0 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$160,609	$151,250
Median home value	$1,174,600	$869,300
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	437	331
Homeownership rate	90.8%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.2%	73.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
Population	1,099 → 1,150 (+4.6%)	548 → 713 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$145,000 → $160,609 (+10.8%)	$130,625 → $151,250 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$775,300 → $1,174,600 (+51.5%)	$581,600 → $869,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,208 → $3,501 (+9.1%)

Lost Creek

Population

1,0991,150

Median household income

$145,000$160,609

Median home value

$775,300$1,174,600

Sunset Valley

Population

548713

Median household income

$130,625$151,250

Median home value

$581,600$869,300

Median gross rent

$3,208$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
Under 5	3.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	23.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.8%
25 to 34	1.7%	3.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	19.5%
75 and over	7.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	4.1%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.3%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	48.4%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	41.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
Drove alone	61.0%	48.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	9.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.5%
Worked from home	24.7%	38.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
1-unit, detached	93.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lost Creek	Sunset Valley
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1980	1997