Balch Springs vs Seagoville

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

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

Balch Springs has the higher population (27,181 vs 18,968 in Seagoville). Balch Springs has the higher median household income ($70,528 vs $68,020 in Seagoville). Seagoville has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $208,200 in Balch Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
Population	27,181	18,968
Median age	33.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,528	$68,020
Median home value	$208,200	$221,300
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,152
Housing units	9,337	5,820
Homeownership rate	63.9%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
Population	25,190 → 27,181 (+7.9%)	16,514 → 18,968 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$51,446 → $70,528 (+37.1%)	$52,378 → $68,020 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $208,200 (+96.4%)	$114,200 → $221,300 (+93.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,260 (+19.0%)	$962 → $1,152 (+19.8%)

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

Seagoville

Population

16,51418,968

Median household income

$52,378$68,020

Median home value

$114,200$221,300

Median gross rent

$962$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	19.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.6%
75 and over	2.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	23.7%
Black or African American	33.1%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	51.0%	52.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
No high school diploma	29.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
Drove alone	72.8%	76.9%
Carpooled	17.0%	12.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
1-unit, detached	68.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	9.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Balch Springs	Seagoville
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.9%
Average household size	3.20	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1987	2001