Box Canyon vs Laughlin AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Box Canyon and Laughlin AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Box Canyon and Laughlin AFB are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laughlin AFB has the higher population (1,888 vs 46 in Box Canyon). Box Canyon has the higher median household income ($95,469 vs $73,045 in Laughlin AFB). Since 2019, Laughlin AFB's population has grown faster (-15.9% vs -39.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
Population	46	1,888
Median age	66.2 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,469	$73,045
Median home value	$209,400	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,416
Housing units	67	616
Homeownership rate	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	63.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
Population	76 → 46 (-39.5%)	2,244 → 1,888 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$91,250 → $95,469 (+4.6%)	$67,059 → $73,045 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$210,900 → $209,400 (-0.7%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,202 → $1,416 (+17.8%)

Box Canyon

Population

7646

Median household income

$91,250$95,469

Median home value

$210,900$209,400

Laughlin AFB

Population

2,2441,888

Median household income

$67,059$73,045

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
Under 5	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	26.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	40.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	25.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	1.0%
55 to 64	4.3%	0.7%
65 to 74	47.8%	0.3%
75 and over	4.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	26.1%	62.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	73.9%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
No high school diploma	38.2%	0.3%
High school graduate	5.9%	3.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
Drove alone	100.0%	64.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
1-unit, detached	46.3%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	70.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	53.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Box Canyon	Laughlin AFB
Poverty rate	4.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	8
Median year structure built	1999	1968