Acala vs Sierra Blanca

A side-by-side comparison of Acala and Sierra Blanca: population, income, housing, and more.

Acala and Sierra Blanca are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sierra Blanca has the higher population (694 vs 31 in Acala). Since 2019, Sierra Blanca's population has grown faster (-9.2% vs -52.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
Population	31	694
Median age	22.6 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,319
Median home value	—	$68,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,016
Housing units	3	200
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	—	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
Population	65 → 31 (-52.3%)	764 → 694 (-9.2%)
Median household income	—	$39,669 → $53,319 (+34.4%)
Median home value	—	$56,700 → $68,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$591 → $1,016 (+71.9%)

Acala

Population

6531

Sierra Blanca

Population

764694

Median household income

$39,669$53,319

Median home value

$56,700$68,000

Median gross rent

$591$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
Under 5	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	80.6%	13.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.0%
75 and over	0.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
White (non-Hispanic)	9.7%	37.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	90.3%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
No high school diploma	50.0%	26.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
Drove alone	—	40.3%
Carpooled	—	30.5%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	28.3%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.9%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.5%
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	0.0%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Acala	Sierra Blanca
Poverty rate	100.0%	34.1%
Average household size	10.33	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	—	1975