Fort Hancock vs Sierra Blanca

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

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

Fort Hancock has the higher population (956 vs 694 in Sierra Blanca). Sierra Blanca has the higher median household income ($53,319 vs $34,957 in Fort Hancock). Sierra Blanca has the higher median home value ($68,000 vs $50,800 in Fort Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
Population	956	694
Median age	26.6 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,957	$53,319
Median home value	$50,800	$68,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,016
Housing units	348	200
Homeownership rate	68.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
Population	1,827 → 956 (-47.7%)	764 → 694 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$29,583 → $34,957 (+18.2%)	$39,669 → $53,319 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$52,000 → $50,800 (-2.3%)	$56,700 → $68,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $497 (-23.9%)	$591 → $1,016 (+71.9%)

Fort Hancock

Population

1,827956

Median household income

$29,583$34,957

Median home value

$52,000$50,800

Median gross rent

$653$497

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)

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
Under 5	2.2%	11.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	27.6%	13.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	3.2%	13.0%
75 and over	5.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	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	98.3%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
No high school diploma	47.9%	26.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	6.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
Drove alone	96.5%	40.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	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)

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
1-unit, detached	48.0%	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	52.0%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hancock	Sierra Blanca
Poverty rate	15.7%	34.1%
Average household size	3.69	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1985	1975