Forsan vs Sand Springs

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

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

Sand Springs has the higher population (781 vs 439 in Forsan). Forsan has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $46,230 in Sand Springs). Since 2019, Forsan's population has grown faster (+159.8% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Forsan	Sand Springs
Population	439	781
Median age	27.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$46,230
Median home value	—	$102,500
Median gross rent	$382	—
Housing units	144	412
Homeownership rate	41.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forsan	Sand Springs
Population	169 → 439 (+159.8%)	827 → 781 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $75,000 (+7.1%)	$46,250 → $46,230 (-0.0%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $74,100 (+2.2%)	$78,900 → $102,500 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$408 → $382 (-6.4%)	—

Forsan

Population

169439

Median household income

$70,000$75,000

Median home value

$72,500$74,100

Median gross rent

$408$382

Sand Springs

Population

827781

Median household income

$46,250$46,230

Median home value

$78,900$102,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forsan	Sand Springs
Under 5	14.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	30.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	4.3%	20.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	20.2%
55 to 64	3.9%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.6%
75 and over	5.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forsan	Sand Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	51.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forsan	Sand Springs
No high school diploma	3.2%	28.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	53.7%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forsan	Sand Springs
Drove alone	87.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forsan	Sand Springs
1-unit, detached	82.6%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	42.0%

Poverty & households

	Forsan	Sand Springs
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.8%
Average household size	3.05	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	9	25
Median year structure built	1973	1975