What is the population of Big Sandy town?

Big Sandy town has 1,215 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #932 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Big Sandy town?

Median household income in Big Sandy town is $41,806 a year, 46.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Big Sandy town?

Median gross rent is $751 a month and the median home value is $119,800, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.

Is Big Sandy town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Big Sandy town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Big Sandy, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Big Sandy, Texas (Big Sandy, TX — Census place “Big Sandy town”) is 1,215 residents, ranking #932 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $41,806, the median home is worth $119,800 and median gross rent runs $751 a month. Looking for the Big Sandy Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Big Sandy, TX: 75755.

Population: 1,215Big Sandy town residents
Median household income: $41,806Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $119,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $751Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.2%Owner-occupied households

Big Sandy ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Big Sandy.

The Big Sandy TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

75755

What the numbers mean in Big Sandy town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Big Sandy town median would spend about 21.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29.6% of residents and 49.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Big Sandy town, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Big Sandy town is a small town in Texas, with 1,215 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #932 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 36.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Big Sandy town earn a median of $41,806 a year, 46.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 35% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 29.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Big Sandy town is valued at $119,800, 60.5% below the national figure and 33% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $751 a month, 46.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,012 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 49.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Big Sandy town?: Big Sandy town has 1,215 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #932 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Big Sandy town?: Median household income in Big Sandy town is $41,806 a year, 46.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Big Sandy town?: Median gross rent is $751 a month and the median home value is $119,800, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.
Is Big Sandy town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Big Sandy town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Big Sandy town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.