Northlake vs Sanger

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

Northlake 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 7,138 in Northlake). Northlake has the higher median household income ($119,803 vs $88,987 in Sanger). Northlake has the higher median home value ($482,700 vs $284,500 in Sanger).

Population, income & housing

	Northlake	Sanger
Population	7,138	9,302
Median age	28.4 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$119,803	$88,987
Median home value	$482,700	$284,500
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,304
Housing units	2,483	3,793
Homeownership rate	55.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northlake	Sanger
Population	2,726 → 7,138 (+161.8%)	8,235 → 9,302 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$91,913 → $119,803 (+30.3%)	$65,727 → $88,987 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$428,700 → $482,700 (+12.6%)	$152,500 → $284,500 (+86.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,671 (+40.7%)	$1,161 → $1,304 (+12.3%)

Northlake

Population

2,7267,138

Median household income

$91,913$119,803

Median home value

$428,700$482,700

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,671

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)

	Northlake	Sanger
Under 5	12.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	24.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	20.7%	19.7%
35 to 44	17.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	6.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.0%	7.4%
75 and over	1.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northlake	Sanger
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	70.6%
Black or African American	12.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northlake	Sanger
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northlake	Sanger
Drove alone	75.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	8.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northlake	Sanger
1-unit, detached	52.2%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	28.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Northlake	Sanger
Poverty rate	8.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	2014	2003