Amargosa vs Sandia

A side-by-side comparison of Amargosa and Sandia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandia has the higher population (298 vs 213 in Amargosa). Since 2019, Amargosa's population has grown faster (-28.8% vs -66.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Amargosa	Sandia
Population	213	298
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Housing units	145	286
Homeownership rate	8.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amargosa	Sandia
Population	299 → 213 (-28.8%)	900 → 298 (-66.9%)
Median home value	—	$69,800 → $71,300 (+2.1%)

Amargosa

Population

299213

Sandia

Population

900298

Median home value

$69,800$71,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amargosa	Sandia
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	37.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	31.5%
45 to 54	55.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	29.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.0%
75 and over	0.0%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amargosa	Sandia
White (non-Hispanic)	15.5%	54.0%
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%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	84.5%	38.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amargosa	Sandia
No high school diploma	50.5%	38.3%
High school graduate	40.4%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	44.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amargosa	Sandia
Drove alone	100.0%	89.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amargosa	Sandia
1-unit, detached	11.0%	72.0%
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	89.0%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Amargosa	Sandia
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.7%
Average household size	1.95	1.91
Median year structure built	2005	1992