Como vs Sulphur Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Como and Sulphur Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sulphur Springs has the higher population (16,185 vs 579 in Como). Como has the higher median household income ($66,618 vs $56,457 in Sulphur Springs). Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($188,200 vs $162,500 in Como).

Population, income & housing

	Como	Sulphur Springs
Population	579	16,185
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,618	$56,457
Median home value	$162,500	$188,200
Median gross rent	$959	$1,049
Housing units	252	6,969
Homeownership rate	61.1%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Como	Sulphur Springs
Population	752 → 579 (-23.0%)	16,014 → 16,185 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $66,618 (+63.6%)	$45,945 → $56,457 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $162,500 (+124.1%)	$102,500 → $188,200 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $959 (+17.0%)	$823 → $1,049 (+27.5%)

Como

Population

752579

Median household income

$40,714$66,618

Median home value

$72,500$162,500

Median gross rent

$820$959

Sulphur Springs

Population

16,01416,185

Median household income

$45,945$56,457

Median home value

$102,500$188,200

Median gross rent

$823$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Como	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	11.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.5%
75 and over	2.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Como	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Como	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	32.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	37.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Como	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	75.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	19.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	3.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Como	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	78.2%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Como	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1977	1976