Shady Hollow vs West Lake Hills

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

Shady Hollow 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.

Shady Hollow has the higher population (5,821 vs 3,315 in West Lake Hills). West Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($211,471 vs $168,477 in Shady Hollow). West Lake Hills has the higher median home value ($1,647,400 vs $644,300 in Shady Hollow).

Population, income & housing

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
Population	5,821	3,315
Median age	45.4 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$168,477	$211,471
Median home value	$644,300	$1,647,400
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	1,985	1,344
Homeownership rate	94.3%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
Population	4,473 → 5,821 (+30.1%)	3,311 → 3,315 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$130,000 → $168,477 (+29.6%)	$187,569 → $211,471 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$402,400 → $644,300 (+60.1%)	$1,001,800 → $1,647,400 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,294 → $2,184 (-4.8%)	$1,433 → $3,501 (+144.3%)

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

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)

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
Under 5	7.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	21.8%	24.2%
18 to 24	1.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	5.8%	1.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	21.6%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.8%
75 and over	5.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	82.2%
Black or African American	8.1%	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	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	4.8%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	47.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
Drove alone	54.4%	51.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.6%	38.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Shady Hollow	West Lake Hills
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.92	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1987	1988