Scissors vs Sullivan City

A side-by-side comparison of Scissors and Sullivan City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sullivan City has the higher population (3,919 vs 3,196 in Scissors). Sullivan City has the higher median household income ($44,286 vs $37,625 in Scissors). Sullivan City has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $51,100 in Scissors).

Population, income & housing

	Scissors	Sullivan City
Population	3,196	3,919
Median age	25.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,625	$44,286
Median home value	$51,100	$90,800
Median gross rent	$617	$618
Housing units	878	1,220
Homeownership rate	83.9%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scissors	Sullivan City
Population	3,594 → 3,196 (-11.1%)	4,176 → 3,919 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$22,887 → $37,625 (+64.4%)	$31,486 → $44,286 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $51,100 (-18.8%)	$58,100 → $90,800 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $617 (+28.8%)	$563 → $618 (+9.8%)

Scissors

Population

3,5943,196

Median household income

$22,887$37,625

Median home value

$62,900$51,100

Median gross rent

$479$617

Sullivan City

Population

4,1763,919

Median household income

$31,486$44,286

Median home value

$58,100$90,800

Median gross rent

$563$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scissors	Sullivan City
Under 5	15.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	7.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.1%
75 and over	4.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scissors	Sullivan City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.8%	97.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scissors	Sullivan City
No high school diploma	50.5%	43.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scissors	Sullivan City
Drove alone	75.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	15.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scissors	Sullivan City
1-unit, detached	74.4%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Scissors	Sullivan City
Poverty rate	39.4%	29.9%
Average household size	4.76	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1993	1996