
Texas · Census place 71060
Sundown, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Sundown, Texas (Sundown, TX — Census place “Sundown city”) is 1,477 residents, ranking #859 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $64,844, the median home is worth $96,000 and median gross rent runs $628 a month. Looking for the Sundown Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sundown, TX: 79372.
- Population
- 1,477Sundown city residents
- Median household income
- $64,844Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $96,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $628Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.7%Owner-occupied households
Sundown ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sundown.
The Sundown TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Sundown city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sundown city median would spend about 11.6% 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 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11% of residents and 72.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Sundown city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Sundown city is a small town in Texas, with 1,477 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #859 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 36.6 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 Sundown city earn a median of $64,844 a year, 17.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 11% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Sundown city is valued at $96,000, 68.4% below the national figure and 46% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $628 a month, 55.3% below the national figure, or roughly $7,536 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Texas.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Sundown city?
- Sundown city has 1,477 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #859 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Sundown city?
- Median household income in Sundown city is $64,844 a year, 17.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sundown city?
- Median gross rent is $628 a month and the median home value is $96,000, so rent absorbs about 11.6% of median household income.
- Is Sundown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sundown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Sundown city 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.