Texas · Census place 68828
Sour Lake city, TX
Quick answer
Sour Lake city has 2,162 residents, ranking #712 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $73,190, the median home is worth $161,800 and median gross rent runs $1,164 a month.
- Population
- 2,162Sour Lake city residents
- Median household income
- $73,190Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $161,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,164Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 30.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 64.9%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Sour Lake city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sour Lake city median would spend about 19.1% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.1% of residents and 64.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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