Big Spring vs Sand Springs

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

Big Spring and Sand Springs 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 781 in Sand Springs). Big Spring has the higher median household income ($70,532 vs $46,230 in Sand Springs). Big Spring has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $102,500 in Sand Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
Population	24,769	781
Median age	36.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,532	$46,230
Median home value	$138,800	$102,500
Median gross rent	$1,009	—
Housing units	10,293	412
Homeownership rate	63.1%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
Population	28,041 → 24,769 (-11.7%)	827 → 781 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$52,275 → $70,532 (+34.9%)	$46,250 → $46,230 (-0.0%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $138,800 (+53.4%)	$78,900 → $102,500 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,009 (+14.8%)	—

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

Sand Springs

Population

827781

Median household income

$46,250$46,230

Median home value

$78,900$102,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
Under 5	6.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	20.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	20.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.6%
75 and over	4.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	51.5%
Black or African American	5.9%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
No high school diploma	20.7%	28.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
Drove alone	76.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
1-unit, detached	76.5%	58.0%
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%	42.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Spring	Sand Springs
Poverty rate	18.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1964	1975