Evadale vs Sam Rayburn

A side-by-side comparison of Evadale and Sam Rayburn: population, income, housing, and more.

Evadale and Sam Rayburn are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sam Rayburn has the higher population (1,163 vs 974 in Evadale). Sam Rayburn has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $63,929 in Evadale). Sam Rayburn has the higher median home value ($232,000 vs $86,400 in Evadale).

Population, income & housing

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
Population	974	1,163
Median age	43.7 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,929	$80,500
Median home value	$86,400	$232,000
Median gross rent	$637	$876
Housing units	507	824
Homeownership rate	76.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
Population	1,783 → 974 (-45.4%)	950 → 1,163 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$80,500 → $63,929 (-20.6%)	$75,130 → $80,500 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $86,400 (+1.6%)	$209,300 → $232,000 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $637 (+0.8%)	$1,179 → $876 (-25.7%)

Evadale

Population

1,783974

Median household income

$80,500$63,929

Median home value

$85,000$86,400

Median gross rent

$632$637

Sam Rayburn

Population

9501,163

Median household income

$75,130$80,500

Median home value

$209,300$232,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
Under 5	10.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	8.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	18.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	4.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	19.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	16.3%
75 and over	6.4%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	53.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
Drove alone	81.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.3%
Other means	1.7%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
1-unit, detached	43.0%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	24.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Evadale	Sam Rayburn
Poverty rate	14.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1978	1988