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Big Sandy, TX

1,215 Population
1.6 square miles 748 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±9.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,218 ±$4,410 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $32,940 ±$853
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$41,806 ±$11,089 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $65,210 ±$1,916
  • about half the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

29.6% ±12.5% (360  ±172) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 16.1% 44,541 (±1% / ±2,789)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

33.2 minutes ±7.9 (17,300  ±6,405) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 23.9 2,832,915 (±0.6 / ±86,809)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

484 ±98 Number of households
  • the Longview, TX Metro Area: 106,264 ±998
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.5 ±0.2 (1,215  ±269) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 2.6 277,027 (±0 / ±147)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4.7% ±4.1% (15  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 4.6% † 2,987 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

658 ±131 Number of housing units
  • the Longview, TX Metro Area: 121,822 ±92
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$119,800 ±$35,032 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Longview, TX Metro Area: $178,200 ±$3,768
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

21.3% ±8.9% (258  ±121.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 14.1% 40,427 (±0.9% / ±2,515.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

78.3% ±1.9% (620  ±125.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 87% 166,610 (±1.7% / ±3,273.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
16.5% ±8.7% (131  ±73.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 20.8% 39,863 (±0.8% / ±1,584.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±3.3% (32  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 6.5% 18,879
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

3.5% ±2.5% (33  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Longview, TX Metro Area: 7.3% 15,944 (±0.5% / ±1,017)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
33 Total veterans ±25 33 Male ±25 N/A Female ±15

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