San Saba County, TX

County

Add Comparison
2022 Population
5,779
0.0693% 1-year growth
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
41.9
2.44% 1-year increase
2022 Poverty Rate
14.3%
29.9% 1-year increase
2022 Median Household Income
$54,087
15.3% 1-year growth
2022 Median Property Value
$134,300
10.9% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, San Saba County, TX had a population of 5.78k people with a median age of 41.9 and a median household income of $54,087. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of San Saba County, TX grew from 5,775 to 5,779, a 0.0693% increase and its median household income grew from $46,927 to $54,087, a 15.3% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in San Saba County, TX are White (Non-Hispanic) (62.6%), White (Hispanic) (20.2%), Two+ (Hispanic) (5.52%), Other (Hispanic) (5.3%), and Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (4.38%).

None of the households in San Saba County, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95% of the residents in San Saba County, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in San Saba County, TX was $134,300, and the homeownership rate was 76.1%.

Most people in San Saba County, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.3 minutes. The average car ownership in San Saba County, TX was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

San Saba County, TX is home to a population of 5.78k people, from which 95% are citizens. As of 2022, 6.06% of San Saba County, TX residents were born outside of the country (350 people).

In 2022, there were 3.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.62k people) in San Saba County, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.17k White (Hispanic) and 319 Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

95%
2022 Citizenship
95.1%
2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 95% of San Saba County, TX residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in San Saba County, TX was 95.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in San Saba County, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in San Saba County, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    3.62k ± 3
  2. White (Hispanic)
    1.17k ± 172
  3. Two+ (Hispanic)
    319 ± 163
31%
Hispanic Population
1.79k people

In 2022, there were 3.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.62k people) in San Saba County, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.17k White (Hispanic) and 319 Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

31% of the people in San Saba County, TX are hispanic (1.79k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in San Saba County, TX as a share of the total population.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Foreign-Born Population

6.06%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
350 people
6.06%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
350 people

As of 2022, 6.06% of San Saba County, TX residents (350 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in San Saba County, TX was 6.06%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in San Saba County, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    134 ± 58
  2. Korea
    78 ± 51
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    72 ± 64

San Saba County, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.72 times greater than any other conflict.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Economy

The economy of San Saba County, TX employs 2.33k people. The largest industries in San Saba County, TX are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (270 people), Retail Trade (259 people), and Educational Services (253 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($200,714), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($81,136), and Transportation & Warehousing ($61,000).

Occupations

2.33k
2022 Value
± 300
8.24%
1 Year growth
± 17.4%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in San Saba County, TX grew at a rate of 8.24%, from 2.15k employees to 2.33k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in San Saba County, TX, are Management Occupations (294 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (228 people), and Production Occupations (183 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of San Saba County, TX.

View Data
Save Image

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for false.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Employment by Industries

2.33k
2022 Value
± 300
8.24%
1 Year growth
± 17.4%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in San Saba County, TX grew at a rate of 8.24%, from 2.15k employees to 2.33k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in San Saba County, TX, are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (270 people), Retail Trade (259 people), and Educational Services (253 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of San Saba County, TX, though some of these residents may live in San Saba County, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

View Data
Save Image

Median Earnings by Industry

$36,406
Median earning men ± $6,261
$27,794
Median earning women ± $7,383

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($86,094), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($82,045), and Public Administration ($46,953).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($70,192), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($36,118), and Manufacturing ($33,750).

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.
Y-Axis
4.59%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 41
    Retail Trade
  2. 37
    Manufacturing
  3. 34
    Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

View Data
Save Image

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in San Saba County, TX went to Donald J. Trump with 88.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (11%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.269%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Texas

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.
John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart
View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Education

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart
View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Educational Pyramid

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.
Measure

In 2022, 1.59% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.53% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Educational Attainment

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.
Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (5.7M), Some college (4.97M), and Bachelors Degree (4.2M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Housing & Living

The median property value in San Saba County, TX was $134,300 in 2022, which is 0.476 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $121,100 to $134,300, a 10.9% increase. The homeownership rate in San Saba County, TX is 76.1%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in San Saba County, TX have an average commute time of 25.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in San Saba County, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$134,300
Median Property Value 2022
±$20,269
$1,532
Median Property Taxes
±$212

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In San Saba County, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in San Saba County, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart
View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Rent vs Own

76.1%
Homeownership
2022
70.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2022

In 2022, 76.1% of the housing units in San Saba County, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 74.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in San Saba County, TX compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Income by Location

Use the dropdown to filter by race/ethnicity.
Race/Ethnicity
Highest Median Household Income (Total)
  1. Census Tract 9502
  2. Census Tract 9501

The following map shows all of the tracts in San Saba County, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$54,087
Median Household Income
± $8,857
2.01k
Number of Households
± 243

In 2022, the median household income of the 2.01k households in San Saba County, TX grew to $54,087 from the previous year's value of $46,927.

The following chart displays the households in San Saba County, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for San Saba County, TX is from Texas.
0.476
2022 Wage GINI in Texas
0.476
2021 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2022, the income inequality in Texas was 0.476 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0231% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Texas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (74.7%)
  2. Carpooled (17.1%)
  3. Worked At Home (6.19%)

In 2022, 74.7% of workers in San Saba County, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (17.1%) and those who worked at home (6.19%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Commute Time

25.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in San Saba County, TX have a shorter commute time (25.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 4.2% of the workforce in San Saba County, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in San Saba County, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart
View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in San Saba County, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in San Saba County, TX have 2 cars.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Poverty & Diversity

14.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in San Saba County, TX (736 out of 5.15k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in San Saba County, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Health

77.3% of the population of San Saba County, TX has health coverage, with 31.2% on employee plans, 15.9% on Medicaid, 17.9% on Medicare, 11.5% on non-group plans, and 0.772% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in San Saba County, TX see 3020 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.264% decrease from the previous year (3028 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 5827 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 2914 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.5% were men and 47.5% were women.

Patient to Clinician Ratios

3,020 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in San Saba County, TX

Primary care physicians in San Saba County, TX see an average of 3,020 patients per year. This represents a 0.264% decrease from the previous year (3,028 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in San Saba County, TX in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.2% under 18 years, 16.3% between 18 and 34 years, 35.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 24.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.5% were men and 47.5% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Uninsured People

22.7%
Uninsured
31.2%
Employer Coverage
15.9%
Medicaid
17.9%
Medicare
11.5%
Non-Group
0.772%
Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in San Saba County, TX declined by 1.93% from 23.1% to 22.7%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in San Saba County, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Health Outcomes

Indicator

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in San Saba County, TX.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 38.7% in San Saba County, TX.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in San Saba County, TX.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Clinical Care

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance was 28% in San Saba County, TX.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in San Saba County, TX.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart