Sandia vs South La Paloma

A side-by-side comparison of Sandia and South La Paloma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South La Paloma has the higher population (520 vs 298 in Sandia). Since 2019, South La Paloma's population has grown faster (-1.9% vs -66.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Sandia	South La Paloma
Population	298	520
Median age	42.0 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,791
Median home value	—	$38,000
Housing units	286	152
Homeownership rate	83.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandia	South La Paloma
Population	900 → 298 (-66.9%)	530 → 520 (-1.9%)
Median household income	—	$35,068 → $41,791 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $71,300 (+2.1%)	$38,600 → $38,000 (-1.6%)

Sandia

Population

900298

Median home value

$69,800$71,300

South La Paloma

Population

530520

Median household income

$35,068$41,791

Median home value

$38,600$38,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandia	South La Paloma
Under 5	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	33.5%
35 to 44	31.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.8%
55 to 64	29.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	3.0%	0.0%
75 and over	16.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandia	South La Paloma
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	28.1%
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	7.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	71.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandia	South La Paloma
No high school diploma	38.3%	27.3%
High school graduate	4.6%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	44.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandia	South La Paloma
1-unit, detached	72.0%	62.5%
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	28.0%	37.5%

Poverty & households

	Sandia	South La Paloma
Poverty rate	8.7%	51.0%
Average household size	1.91	4.09
Median year structure built	1992	1993