Cumby vs Sulphur Springs

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

Cumby 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 743 in Cumby). Cumby has the higher median household income ($57,679 vs $56,457 in Sulphur Springs). Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($188,200 vs $91,000 in Cumby).

Population, income & housing

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
Population	743	16,185
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$56,457
Median home value	$91,000	$188,200
Median gross rent	$872	$1,049
Housing units	307	6,969
Homeownership rate	63.9%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
Population	693 → 743 (+7.2%)	16,014 → 16,185 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $57,679 (+16.1%)	$45,945 → $56,457 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$65,300 → $91,000 (+39.4%)	$102,500 → $188,200 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $872 (+15.5%)	$823 → $1,049 (+27.5%)

Cumby

Population

693743

Median household income

$49,688$57,679

Median home value

$65,300$91,000

Median gross rent

$755$872

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)

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.5%
75 and over	8.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	65.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	12.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	87.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	83.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cumby	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	18.6%	15.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1966	1976