Dell City vs Sierra Blanca

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

Dell City 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 74 in Dell City). Sierra Blanca has the higher median household income ($53,319 vs $24,271 in Dell City). Sierra Blanca has the higher median home value ($68,000 vs $51,400 in Dell City).

Population, income & housing

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
Population	74	694
Median age	55.5 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$24,271	$53,319
Median home value	$51,400	$68,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,016
Housing units	105	200
Homeownership rate	59.6%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
Population	220 → 74 (-66.4%)	764 → 694 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$25,461 → $24,271 (-4.7%)	$39,669 → $53,319 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$28,500 → $51,400 (+80.4%)	$56,700 → $68,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$591 → $1,016 (+71.9%)

Dell City

Population

22074

Median household income

$25,461$24,271

Median home value

$28,500$51,400

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)

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
Under 5	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.8%
35 to 44	18.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.0%
75 and over	20.3%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	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	63.5%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
No high school diploma	30.4%	26.0%
High school graduate	21.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
Drove alone	78.3%	40.3%
Carpooled	21.7%	30.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	28.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
1-unit, detached	36.2%	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	63.8%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Dell City	Sierra Blanca
Poverty rate	13.5%	34.1%
Average household size	1.57	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1988	1975