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Sulphur Springs, TX

16,401 Population
20.5 square miles 798.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,934 ±$2,656 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: $34,712 ±$2,240
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,397 ±$7,327 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: $70,888 ±$5,106
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±4% (2,336  ±640) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 11.9% † 4,421 (±2.1% / ±783)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.7 minutes ±1.9 (121,385  ±16,510) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 22.6 357,410 (±1.3 / ±24,205)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,118 ±243 Number of households
  • the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 14,002 ±297
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (15,873  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 2.7 37,238 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±2.8% (224  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 5.7% † 465 (±1.6% / ±131)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,858 ±245 Number of housing units
  • the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 15,882 ±49
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,800 ±$16,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: $221,100 ±$11,502
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±3.5% (2,455  ±558.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 11.4% † 4,251 (±1.8% / ±652.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±6.2% (9,367  ±708.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 85.3% 21,719 (±3.6% / ±918.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.6% ±3.4% (2,295  ±367) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 21.9% 5,573 (±1.9% / ±491.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.7% ±2.1% (1,584  ±339) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 9.4% 3,563
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1.3% (627  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,849 (±0.8% / ±222)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
627 Total veterans ±151 597 Male ±154 30 Female ±40

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