Levelland vs Sundown

A side-by-side comparison of Levelland and Sundown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Levelland has the higher population (12,565 vs 1,477 in Sundown). Sundown has the higher median household income ($64,844 vs $51,847 in Levelland). Levelland has the higher median home value ($126,200 vs $96,000 in Sundown).

Population, income & housing

	Levelland	Sundown
Population	12,565	1,477
Median age	34.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,847	$64,844
Median home value	$126,200	$96,000
Median gross rent	$789	$628
Housing units	5,316	625
Homeownership rate	69.5%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Levelland	Sundown
Population	13,596 → 12,565 (-7.6%)	1,249 → 1,477 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$46,473 → $51,847 (+11.6%)	$51,786 → $64,844 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $126,200 (+28.4%)	$84,800 → $96,000 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $789 (+19.0%)	$581 → $628 (+8.1%)

Levelland

Population

13,59612,565

Median household income

$46,473$51,847

Median home value

$98,300$126,200

Median gross rent

$663$789

Sundown

Population

1,2491,477

Median household income

$51,786$64,844

Median home value

$84,800$96,000

Median gross rent

$581$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Levelland	Sundown
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.4%
75 and over	5.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Levelland	Sundown
White (non-Hispanic)	38.5%	44.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	56.5%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Levelland	Sundown
No high school diploma	22.6%	19.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Levelland	Sundown
Drove alone	81.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	14.2%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Levelland	Sundown
1-unit, detached	81.0%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Levelland	Sundown
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1975	1983