Balch Springs vs Sachse

A side-by-side comparison of Balch Springs and Sachse: population, income, housing, and more.

Balch Springs and Sachse are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sachse has the higher population (29,075 vs 27,181 in Balch Springs). Sachse has the higher median household income ($130,839 vs $70,528 in Balch Springs). Sachse has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $208,200 in Balch Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Balch Springs	Sachse
Population	27,181	29,075
Median age	33.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,528	$130,839
Median home value	$208,200	$366,100
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,807
Housing units	9,337	10,203
Homeownership rate	63.9%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balch Springs	Sachse
Population	25,190 → 27,181 (+7.9%)	25,607 → 29,075 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$51,446 → $70,528 (+37.1%)	$102,175 → $130,839 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $208,200 (+96.4%)	$241,800 → $366,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,260 (+19.0%)	$1,486 → $1,807 (+21.6%)

Balch Springs

Population

25,19027,181

Median household income

$51,446$70,528

Median home value

$106,000$208,200

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,260

Sachse

Population

25,60729,075

Median household income

$102,175$130,839

Median home value

$241,800$366,100

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balch Springs	Sachse
Under 5	6.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	19.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.4%
75 and over	2.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balch Springs	Sachse
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	33.1%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	19.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	51.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balch Springs	Sachse
No high school diploma	29.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balch Springs	Sachse
Drove alone	72.8%	66.5%
Carpooled	17.0%	5.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	23.9%
Other means	0.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balch Springs	Sachse
1-unit, detached	68.5%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	9.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Balch Springs	Sachse
Poverty rate	7.0%	3.4%
Average household size	3.20	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1987	2004