Duncanville vs Sachse

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

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

Duncanville has the higher population (39,879 vs 29,075 in Sachse). Sachse has the higher median household income ($130,839 vs $71,381 in Duncanville). Sachse has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $239,200 in Duncanville).

Population, income & housing

	Duncanville	Sachse
Population	39,879	29,075
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,381	$130,839
Median home value	$239,200	$366,100
Median gross rent	$1,562	$1,807
Housing units	14,272	10,203
Homeownership rate	65.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncanville	Sachse
Population	39,415 → 39,879 (+1.2%)	25,607 → 29,075 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$56,412 → $71,381 (+26.5%)	$102,175 → $130,839 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $239,200 (+59.9%)	$241,800 → $366,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,562 (+37.0%)	$1,486 → $1,807 (+21.6%)

Duncanville

Population

39,41539,879

Median household income

$56,412$71,381

Median home value

$149,600$239,200

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,562

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)

	Duncanville	Sachse
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	19.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.4%
75 and over	6.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncanville	Sachse
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	48.7%
Black or African American	30.4%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	19.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncanville	Sachse
No high school diploma	18.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	28.6%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncanville	Sachse
Drove alone	75.6%	66.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.2%	23.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncanville	Sachse
1-unit, detached	72.5%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Duncanville	Sachse
Poverty rate	9.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1978	2004