New Fairview vs Runaway Bay

A side-by-side comparison of New Fairview and Runaway Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

New Fairview and Runaway Bay are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Runaway Bay has the higher population (1,522 vs 1,521 in New Fairview). New Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $83,333 in Runaway Bay). Runaway Bay has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $240,600 in New Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
Population	1,521	1,522
Median age	29.6 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,531	$83,333
Median home value	$240,600	$274,700
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,172
Housing units	526	808
Homeownership rate	84.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
Population	1,347 → 1,521 (+12.9%)	1,845 → 1,522 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $89,531 (+23.5%)	$75,938 → $83,333 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $240,600 (+128.5%)	$172,500 → $274,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,297 → $1,733 (+33.6%)	$875 → $1,172 (+33.9%)

New Fairview

Population

1,3471,521

Median household income

$72,500$89,531

Median home value

$105,300$240,600

Median gross rent

$1,297$1,733

Runaway Bay

Population

1,8451,522

Median household income

$75,938$83,333

Median home value

$172,500$274,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
Under 5	5.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	27.9%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	21.6%
65 to 74	3.7%	19.0%
75 and over	3.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
Drove alone	71.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	18.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	19.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
1-unit, detached	31.6%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	68.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Fairview	Runaway Bay
Poverty rate	25.0%	5.1%
Average household size	3.46	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	37	36
Median year structure built	1999	1986