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Big Sandy Independent School District, TX

2,598 Population
199.9 square miles 13 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±7.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 44 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,733 ±$6,743 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $30,198 ±$1,266
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,841 ±$41,973 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $62,259 ±$3,861
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.8% ±7.4% (437  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 17.5% † 8,538 (±2.3% / ±1,101)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.3 minutes ±6.1 (35,655  ±15,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 29.8 521,990 (±1.8 / ±39,721)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

963 ±251 Number of households
  • Polk County: 19,517 ±595
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±1 (2,598  ±635) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.5 48,991 (±0.1 / ±83)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±1.3% (33  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 6.1% † 588 (±2.7% / ±263)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,210 ±269 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 26,469 ±63
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,000 ±$79,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $184,800 ±$17,395
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±5.3% (160  ±141.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 18.4% † 9,659 (±2.5% / ±1,292.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±29.7% (1,588  ±340.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 83.5% 32,032 (±3.6% / ±1,396.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±6.3% (390  ±156.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 16.2% † 6,200 (±1.8% / ±687.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

8.1% ±7.3% (210  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Polk County: 4.5% 2,363
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±2.9% (119  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 9.5% † 3,973 (±1.4% / ±601)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
119 Total veterans ±66 115 Male ±66 4 Female ±6

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