Big Spring vs Forsan

A side-by-side comparison of Big Spring and Forsan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Spring has the higher population (24,769 vs 439 in Forsan). Forsan has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $70,532 in Big Spring). Since 2019, Forsan's population has grown faster (+159.8% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Spring	Forsan
Population	24,769	439
Median age	36.5 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,532	$75,000
Median home value	$138,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,009	$382
Housing units	10,293	144
Homeownership rate	63.1%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Spring	Forsan
Population	28,041 → 24,769 (-11.7%)	169 → 439 (+159.8%)
Median household income	$52,275 → $70,532 (+34.9%)	$70,000 → $75,000 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $138,800 (+53.4%)	$72,500 → $74,100 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,009 (+14.8%)	$408 → $382 (-6.4%)

Big Spring

Population

28,04124,769

Median household income

$52,275$70,532

Median home value

$90,500$138,800

Median gross rent

$879$1,009

Forsan

Population

169439

Median household income

$70,000$75,000

Median home value

$72,500$74,100

Median gross rent

$408$382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Spring	Forsan
Under 5	6.1%	14.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	30.8%
35 to 44	17.5%	4.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	3.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.2%
75 and over	4.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Spring	Forsan
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	44.9%
Black or African American	5.9%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	45.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Spring	Forsan
No high school diploma	20.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Spring	Forsan
Drove alone	76.2%	87.7%
Carpooled	18.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Spring	Forsan
1-unit, detached	76.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Big Spring	Forsan
Poverty rate	18.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.39	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	9
Median year structure built	1964	1973