Ropesville vs Sundown

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

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

Sundown has the higher population (1,477 vs 513 in Ropesville). Ropesville has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $64,844 in Sundown). Sundown has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $73,900 in Ropesville).

Population, income & housing

	Ropesville	Sundown
Population	513	1,477
Median age	33.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$64,844
Median home value	$73,900	$96,000
Median gross rent	$800	$628
Housing units	183	625
Homeownership rate	73.7%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ropesville	Sundown
Population	352 → 513 (+45.7%)	1,249 → 1,477 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $65,938 (+88.4%)	$51,786 → $64,844 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$40,000 → $73,900 (+84.8%)	$84,800 → $96,000 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $800 (-12.2%)	$581 → $628 (+8.1%)

Ropesville

Population

352513

Median household income

$35,000$65,938

Median home value

$40,000$73,900

Median gross rent

$911$800

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)

	Ropesville	Sundown
Under 5	18.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	22.0%	17.3%
55 to 64	5.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	4.5%	7.4%
75 and over	5.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ropesville	Sundown
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	44.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	72.1%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ropesville	Sundown
No high school diploma	19.8%	19.2%
High school graduate	36.0%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ropesville	Sundown
Drove alone	80.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ropesville	Sundown
1-unit, detached	68.3%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Ropesville	Sundown
Poverty rate	13.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1995	1983