City safety & data profile

LakewayTX

Lakeway, TX is a 14K-resident city in Travis County with a median household income of $190,060.

Travis County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lakeway, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lakeway has a population larger than 24% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $841,300.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 25%
By size
$190,060
Median income (place)
$841,300
Median home (place)
2.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lakeway

Lakeway posts a median household income higher than 98% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 2%
by median income, US cities

Where Lakeway income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$190,060 Top 2% higher than 98% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lakeway $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lakeway, TX beyond the headline numbers

Lakeway sits inside Travis County, Texas, at roughly 30.36°N, -97.98°W. Population 14,217, $190,060 median household income. Median home value $841,300, median rent $2,981. Poverty rate 2.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 2.5% of Lakeway, TX residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Lakeway runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

50.2% of Lakeway workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 27.2% in Lakeway, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Lakeway workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 49.8 years, Lakeway's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lakeway from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
14,217
Lakeway · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$190,060
+113% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$841,300
+103% vs avg
Median Age (place)
49.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Travis County): Lakeway's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.3M+25%
Median Income
$99,611+72%
Median Home Value
$523,000+139%
Poverty Rate
10.9%-37%
Unemployment
4.6%-38%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lakeway, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,981/mo
Poverty Rate
2.5% -80% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 74%
Work From Home 50.2%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 78.5%
African American 1.5%
Asian 6.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
32.4%
Short Sleep Duration
27.2%
Obesity
26.6%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Physical Inactivity
15.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.9%
Diabetes
9.5%
Current Asthma
9.1%
Current Smoking
6.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72.4%
Annual Checkup 79.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
2.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lakeway?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lakeway right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TX-LAKEWAY · Lakeway

Lakeway: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lakeway; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Lakeway, TX? ▼
Lakeway, TX has a population of 14,217 people, located in Travis County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Lakeway? ▼
The median household income in Lakeway, TX is $190,060 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 2.5%.
What is the median home value in Lakeway? ▼
The median home value in Lakeway, TX is $841,300. Median rent is $2,981/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lakeway? ▼
The top health indicators in Lakeway include High Blood Pressure (32.4%), Short Sleep Duration (27.2%), Obesity (26.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Lakeway? ▼
The median age in Lakeway, TX is 49.8 years. 74% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lakeway, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (2.5% here).

Murrysville, PA 2.5% Five Forks, SC 2.5% Ringwood, NJ 2.5% Suamico, WI 2.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($190,060 here).

Pleasanton, CA $190,124 Plainview, NY $189,906 Fort Salonga, NY $189,856 Newton, MA $190,304

Compare Lakeway with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Cedar Park, TX 66K Jollyville, TX 16K Leander, TX 59K University of Texas, TX 53K Austin, TX 974K Brushy Creek, TX 22K Wells Branch, TX 12K Buda, TX 14K
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Using Lakeway's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lakeway area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Lakeway against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Travis County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.