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Big Sandy CCD, Upshur County, TX

5,445 Population
106.6 square miles 51.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Upshur County: 40.6 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,542 ±$3,156 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Upshur County: $33,097 ±$2,077
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,015 ±$10,000 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Upshur County: $66,208 ±$4,679
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±4.4% (842  ±258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Upshur County: 12.4% † 5,179 (±2% / ±846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±2.3 (60,520  ±11,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Upshur County: 30.2 483,515 (±2.5 / ±45,069)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,093 ±224 Number of households
  • Upshur County: 15,583 ±300
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (5,444  ±615) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Upshur County: 2.7 42,067 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±1.1% (19  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Upshur County: 7.2% † 656 (±3.1% / ±280)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,481 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Upshur County: 17,519 ±98
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,300 ±$20,341 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Upshur County: $167,800 ±$9,946
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±3.3% (392  ±186.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Upshur County: 8.2% † 3,443 (±1.5% / ±609.7)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.5% ±3.3% (2,932  ±367.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Upshur County: 87.3% 25,515 (±3.7% / ±1,083.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.2% ±3% (475  ±120.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Upshur County: 18.2% † 5,322 (±1.9% / ±544.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-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

5.5% ±2.2% (298  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Upshur County: 3.9% 1,656
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±2.6% (375  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Upshur County: 9.8% † 3,184 (±1.3% / ±409)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
375 Total veterans ±114 335 Male ±106 40 Female ±31

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