Cactus vs Sunray

A side-by-side comparison of Cactus and Sunray: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cactus has the higher population (3,063 vs 2,771 in Sunray). Sunray has the higher median household income ($64,104 vs $49,125 in Cactus). Sunray has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $61,300 in Cactus).

Population, income & housing

	Cactus	Sunray
Population	3,063	2,771
Median age	30.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$64,104
Median home value	$61,300	$130,100
Median gross rent	$725	$931
Housing units	990	1,186
Homeownership rate	44.2%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cactus	Sunray
Population	3,245 → 3,063 (-5.6%)	2,064 → 2,771 (+34.3%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $49,125 (+21.5%)	$46,891 → $64,104 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$52,000 → $61,300 (+17.9%)	$85,900 → $130,100 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $725 (+8.2%)	$764 → $931 (+21.9%)

Cactus

Population

3,2453,063

Median household income

$40,417$49,125

Median home value

$52,000$61,300

Median gross rent

$670$725

Sunray

Population

2,0642,771

Median household income

$46,891$64,104

Median home value

$85,900$130,100

Median gross rent

$764$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cactus	Sunray
Under 5	12.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.8%	20.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	4.7%	5.1%
75 and over	0.6%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cactus	Sunray
White (non-Hispanic)	3.9%	38.8%
Black or African American	7.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	81.1%	59.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cactus	Sunray
No high school diploma	73.7%	33.0%
High school graduate	16.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	8.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cactus	Sunray
Drove alone	86.8%	88.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cactus	Sunray
1-unit, detached	11.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.6%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Cactus	Sunray
Poverty rate	17.9%	10.9%
Average household size	3.47	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1994	1971