Sandy Oaks, TX

Census Place

Add Comparison
2023 Population
5,227
2.55% 1-year growth
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2023 Median Age
43.4
8.5% 1-year increase
2023 Poverty Rate
14.6%
15.4% 1-year decrease
2023 Median Household Income
$51,433
0.993% 1-year decline
2023 Median Property Value
$115,000
6.58% 1-year growth
2023 Employed Population
2,054
2.29% 1-year growth

About

In 2023, Sandy Oaks, TX had a population of 5.23k people with a median age of 43.4 and a median household income of $51,433. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Sandy Oaks, TX grew from 5,097 to 5,227, a 2.55% increase and its median household income declined from $51,949 to $51,433, a −0.993% decrease.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Sandy Oaks, TX are Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) (40.5%), White (Hispanic) (21.9%), White (Non-Hispanic) (19.2%), Other (Hispanic) (11.6%), and Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) (3.08%).

None of the households in Sandy Oaks, 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.

91.1% of the residents in Sandy Oaks, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Sandy Oaks, TX was $115,000, and the homeownership rate was 92.1%.

Most people in Sandy Oaks, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 33.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Sandy Oaks, TX was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Sandy Oaks, TX is home to a population of 5.23k people, from which 91.1% are citizens. As of 2023, 16.9% of Sandy Oaks, TX residents were born outside of the country (884 people).

In 2023, there were 1.85 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (2.12k people) in Sandy Oaks, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.14k White (Hispanic) and 1.01k White (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

91.1%
2023 Citizenship
92%
2022 Citizenship

As of 2023, 91.1% of Sandy Oaks, TX residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.4%. In 2022, the percentage of US citizens in Sandy Oaks, TX was 92%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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

View Data
Save Image

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Sandy Oaks, TX
  1. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    2.12k ± 759
  2. White (Hispanic)
    1.14k ± 585
  3. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.01k ± 378
75.3%
Hispanic Population
3.94k people

In 2023, there were 1.85 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (2.12k people) in Sandy Oaks, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.14k White (Hispanic) and 1.01k White (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

75.3% of the people in Sandy Oaks, TX are hispanic (3.94k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Sandy Oaks, TX as a share of the total population.

View Data
Save Image

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Texas.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    2,397,739 ± 36,447 people
  2. India
    325,248 ± 13,925 people
  3. El Salvador
    221,729 ± 11,517 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Texas was Mexico, the natal country of 2,397,739 Texas residents, followed by India with 325,248 and El Salvador with 221,729.

View Data
Save Image

Foreign-Born Population

16.9%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
884 people
12.2%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
623 people

As of 2023, 16.9% of Sandy Oaks, TX residents (884 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 13.8%. In 2022, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Sandy Oaks, TX was 12.2%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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

View Data
Save Image

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    73 ± 55
  2. Vietnam
    51 ± 52
  3. Korea
    0 ± 30

Sandy Oaks, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.43 times greater than any other conflict.

View Data
Save Image

Economy

The economy of Sandy Oaks, TX employs 2.05k people. In 2023, the largest industries in Sandy Oaks, TX were Construction (252 people), Manufacturing (246 people), and Retail Trade (243 people), and the highest paying industries were Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($81,411), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($81,411), and Utilities ($73,867).

Occupations

2.05k
2023 Value
± 442
2.29%
1 Year growth
± 30.3%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Sandy Oaks, TX grew at a rate of 2.29%, from 2.01k employees to 2.05k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sandy Oaks, TX, are Production Occupations (270 people), Transportation Occupations (267 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (257 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sandy Oaks, TX.

View Data
Save Image

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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

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

Employment by Industries

2.05k
2023 Value
± 442
2.29%
1 Year growth
± 30.3%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Sandy Oaks, TX grew at a rate of 2.29%, from 2.01k employees to 2.05k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sandy Oaks, TX, are Construction (252 people), Manufacturing (246 people), and Retail Trade (243 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sandy Oaks, TX, though some of these residents may live in Sandy Oaks, 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

$48,073
Median earning men ± $9,309
$35,788
Median earning women ± $9,035

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($81,411), Manufacturing ($75,253), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($61,818).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($53,625), Retail Trade ($31,656), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($26,333).

View Data
Save Image

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

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

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

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
View Data
Save Image

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
View Data
Save Image

Educational Pyramid

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

In 2023, 1.71% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.64% 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

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 2023 were High School or Equivalent (5.75M), Some college (4.93M), and Bachelors Degree (4.37M).

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

Housing & Living

The median property value in Sandy Oaks, TX was $115,000 in 2023, which is 0.379 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $107,900 to $115,000, a 6.58% increase. The homeownership rate in Sandy Oaks, TX is 92.1%, which is higher than the national average of 65%.

People in Sandy Oaks, TX have an average commute time of 33.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Sandy Oaks, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$115,000
Median Property Value 2023
±$8,427
$1,868
Median Property Taxes
±$596

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 Sandy Oaks, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Rent vs Own

92.1%
Homeownership
2023
73.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2023

In 2023, 92.1% of the housing units in Sandy Oaks, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 93.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Sandy Oaks, TX compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

View Data
Save Image

Income by Location

Use the dropdown to filter by race/ethnicity.
Race/Ethnicity

The following map shows all of the places in Sandy Oaks, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

View Data
Save Image

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$51,433
Median Household Income
± $13,880
2.03k
Number of Households
± 628

In 2023, the median household income of the 2.03k households in Sandy Oaks, TX declined from $51,433 from the previous year's value of $51,949.

The following chart displays the households in Sandy Oaks, 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 $20k - $25k range.

View Data
Save Image

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Sandy Oaks, TX is from Texas.
0.475
2023 Wage GINI in Texas
0.476
2022 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2023, the income inequality in Texas was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.208% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 0.476. 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

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023
  1. Drove Alone (72.3%)
  2. Carpooled (16.7%)
  3. Worked At Home (9.52%)

In 2023, 72.3% of workers in Sandy Oaks, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (16.7%) and those who worked at home (9.52%).

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

Commute Time

33.1 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Sandy Oaks, TX have a longer commute time (33.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 0.835% of the workforce in Sandy Oaks, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

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

View Data
Save Image

Poverty & Diversity

14.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sandy Oaks, TX (765 out of 5.23k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sandy Oaks, TX is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and White.

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

Health

80.2% of the population of Sandy Oaks, TX has health coverage, with 32% on employee plans, 16.5% on Medicaid, 16.1% on Medicare, 12.7% on non-group plans, and 2.87% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Texas see 1,657 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.975% increase from the previous year (1,641 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1590 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 638 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 53% were men and 47% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.8% under 18 years, 19.4% between 18 and 34 years, 41.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 53% were men and 47% were women.

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

View Data
Save Image

Uninsured People

19.8%
Uninsured
32%
Employer Coverage
16.5%
Medicaid
16.1%
Medicare
12.7%
Non-Group
2.87%
Military or VA

Between 2022 and 2023, the percent of uninsured citizens in Sandy Oaks, TX declined by 10.7% from 22.2% to 19.8%.

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

View Data
Save Image