Groveton vs Westwood Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Groveton and Westwood Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Groveton and Westwood Shores are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westwood Shores has the higher population (1,561 vs 996 in Groveton). Westwood Shores has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $40,227 in Groveton). Westwood Shores has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $76,000 in Groveton).

Population, income & housing

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
Population	996	1,561
Median age	43.5 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,227	$54,375
Median home value	$76,000	$173,700
Median gross rent	$676	$1,069
Housing units	509	757
Homeownership rate	69.0%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
Population	1,238 → 996 (-19.5%)	1,682 → 1,561 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$32,688 → $40,227 (+23.1%)	$54,728 → $54,375 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $76,000 (+15.0%)	$135,000 → $173,700 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $676 (-15.9%)	$773 → $1,069 (+38.3%)

Groveton

Population

1,238996

Median household income

$32,688$40,227

Median home value

$66,100$76,000

Median gross rent

$804$676

Westwood Shores

Population

1,6821,561

Median household income

$54,728$54,375

Median home value

$135,000$173,700

Median gross rent

$773$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
Under 5	2.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	3.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	18.8%	11.9%
75 and over	8.7%	31.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	99.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
No high school diploma	22.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	29.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
Drove alone	67.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	22.1%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	14.4%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
1-unit, detached	68.4%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Groveton	Westwood Shores
Poverty rate	22.6%	3.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	46
Median year structure built	1974	1988