Sandy Oaks vs Windcrest

A side-by-side comparison of Sandy Oaks and Windcrest: population, income, housing, and more.

Sandy Oaks and Windcrest are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Windcrest has the higher population (5,815 vs 5,227 in Sandy Oaks). Windcrest has the higher median household income ($95,329 vs $51,433 in Sandy Oaks). Windcrest has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $115,000 in Sandy Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
Population	5,227	5,815
Median age	43.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,433	$95,329
Median home value	$115,000	$276,900
Median gross rent	$1,309	$1,411
Housing units	2,107	2,551
Homeownership rate	92.1%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
Population	4,471 → 5,227 (+16.9%)	5,851 → 5,815 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$50,987 → $51,433 (+0.9%)	$80,750 → $95,329 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $115,000 (+43.2%)	$207,900 → $276,900 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,309 (+35.9%)	$1,077 → $1,411 (+31.0%)

Sandy Oaks

Population

4,4715,227

Median household income

$50,987$51,433

Median home value

$80,300$115,000

Median gross rent

$963$1,309

Windcrest

Population

5,8515,815

Median household income

$80,750$95,329

Median home value

$207,900$276,900

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
Under 5	9.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	7.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	8.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	21.0%
75 and over	3.1%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	19.2%	46.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	75.3%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
No high school diploma	21.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	28.9%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
Drove alone	72.3%	68.7%
Carpooled	16.7%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
1-unit, detached	25.3%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	72.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sandy Oaks	Windcrest
Poverty rate	14.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1999	1973