Lake Meredith Estates vs Sanford

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Meredith Estates and Sanford: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Meredith Estates and Sanford are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Meredith Estates has the higher population (164 vs 113 in Sanford). Lake Meredith Estates has the higher median home value ($92,300 vs $42,900 in Sanford). Since 2019, Sanford's population has grown faster (-6.6% vs -66.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
Population	164	113
Median age	47.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$29,750
Median home value	$92,300	$42,900
Housing units	300	69
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
Population	483 → 164 (-66.0%)	121 → 113 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$56,466 → $62,941 (+11.5%)	$52,500 → $29,750 (-43.3%)
Median home value	—	$32,500 → $42,900 (+32.0%)

Lake Meredith Estates

Population

483164

Median household income

$56,466$62,941

Sanford

Population

121113

Median household income

$52,500$29,750

Median home value

$32,500$42,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
Under 5	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	25.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	29.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	0.9%
45 to 54	33.5%	5.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	22.1%
65 to 74	4.3%	12.4%
75 and over	3.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
Drove alone	56.1%	94.7%
Carpooled	40.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
1-unit, detached	20.7%	81.2%
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	79.3%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Meredith Estates	Sanford
Poverty rate	20.1%	56.6%
Average household size	2.41	4.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1997	1968