Farmers Branch vs Sachse

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

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

Farmers Branch has the higher population (36,254 vs 29,075 in Sachse). Sachse has the higher median household income ($130,839 vs $87,702 in Farmers Branch). Sachse has the higher median home value ($366,100 vs $322,000 in Farmers Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
Population	36,254	29,075
Median age	33.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,702	$130,839
Median home value	$322,000	$366,100
Median gross rent	$1,820	$1,807
Housing units	16,754	10,203
Homeownership rate	46.1%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
Population	39,039 → 36,254 (-7.1%)	25,607 → 29,075 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$74,464 → $87,702 (+17.8%)	$102,175 → $130,839 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$196,300 → $322,000 (+64.0%)	$241,800 → $366,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,820 (+32.1%)	$1,486 → $1,807 (+21.6%)

Farmers Branch

Population

39,03936,254

Median household income

$74,464$87,702

Median home value

$196,300$322,000

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,820

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)

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	22.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	19.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.4%
75 and over	5.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	48.7%
Black or African American	8.0%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	11.3%	19.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
No high school diploma	15.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	15.6%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
Drove alone	71.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	23.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
1-unit, detached	45.3%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	38.2%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmers Branch	Sachse
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1993	2004