Sulphur Springs vs Tira

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

Sulphur Springs and Tira 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 406 in Tira). Tira has the higher median household income ($61,500 vs $56,457 in Sulphur Springs). Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($188,200 vs $85,000 in Tira).

Population, income & housing

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
Population	16,185	406
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,457	$61,500
Median home value	$188,200	$85,000
Median gross rent	$1,049	$781
Housing units	6,969	158
Homeownership rate	54.7%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
Population	16,014 → 16,185 (+1.1%)	267 → 406 (+52.1%)
Median household income	$45,945 → $56,457 (+22.9%)	$51,250 → $61,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $188,200 (+83.6%)	$86,700 → $85,000 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $1,049 (+27.5%)	$767 → $781 (+1.8%)

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

Tira

Population

267406

Median household income

$51,250$61,500

Median home value

$86,700$85,000

Median gross rent

$767$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
Under 5	5.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	17.5%
75 and over	7.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	13.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
No high school diploma	13.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
Drove alone	80.5%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
1-unit, detached	72.1%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	31.6%

Poverty & households

	Sulphur Springs	Tira
Poverty rate	15.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1976	1983