Lake Dallas vs Sanger

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Dallas and Sanger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sanger has the higher population (9,302 vs 7,761 in Lake Dallas). Sanger has the higher median household income ($88,987 vs $74,241 in Lake Dallas). Sanger has the higher median home value ($284,500 vs $245,100 in Lake Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
Population	7,761	9,302
Median age	40.1 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,241	$88,987
Median home value	$245,100	$284,500
Median gross rent	$1,507	$1,304
Housing units	3,147	3,793
Homeownership rate	71.3%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
Population	8,016 → 7,761 (-3.2%)	8,235 → 9,302 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$64,073 → $74,241 (+15.9%)	$65,727 → $88,987 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $245,100 (+47.6%)	$152,500 → $284,500 (+86.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,507 (+33.0%)	$1,161 → $1,304 (+12.3%)

Lake Dallas

Population

8,0167,761

Median household income

$64,073$74,241

Median home value

$166,100$245,100

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,507

Sanger

Population

8,2359,302

Median household income

$65,727$88,987

Median home value

$152,500$284,500

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
Under 5	5.3%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	19.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.4%
75 and over	4.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	70.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
No high school diploma	19.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
Drove alone	82.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
1-unit, detached	63.8%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dallas	Sanger
Poverty rate	2.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1999	2003