Smyer vs Sundown

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

Smyer 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 398 in Smyer). Sundown has the higher median household income ($64,844 vs $46,042 in Smyer). Sundown has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $60,000 in Smyer).

Population, income & housing

	Smyer	Sundown
Population	398	1,477
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,042	$64,844
Median home value	$60,000	$96,000
Median gross rent	$980	$628
Housing units	180	625
Homeownership rate	76.4%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smyer	Sundown
Population	677 → 398 (-41.2%)	1,249 → 1,477 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$60,938 → $46,042 (-24.4%)	$51,786 → $64,844 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $60,000 (-20.5%)	$84,800 → $96,000 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $980 (+1.1%)	$581 → $628 (+8.1%)

Smyer

Population

677398

Median household income

$60,938$46,042

Median home value

$75,500$60,000

Median gross rent

$969$980

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)

	Smyer	Sundown
Under 5	2.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	17.3%
55 to 64	5.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.4%
75 and over	11.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smyer	Sundown
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	44.3%
Black or African American	3.0%	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	9.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smyer	Sundown
No high school diploma	27.1%	19.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smyer	Sundown
Drove alone	64.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	19.2%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smyer	Sundown
1-unit, detached	65.6%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	34.4%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Smyer	Sundown
Poverty rate	13.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1988	1983