Port Aransas vs Sandy Hollow-Escondidas

A side-by-side comparison of Port Aransas and Sandy Hollow-Escondidas: population, income, housing, and more.

Port Aransas and Sandy Hollow-Escondidas are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Aransas has the higher population (3,141 vs 563 in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas). Since 2019, Sandy Hollow-Escondidas's population has grown faster (+90.2% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Population	3,141	563
Median age	53.5 yrs	13.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,311	—
Median home value	$490,200	—
Median gross rent	$2,226	—
Housing units	5,125	134
Homeownership rate	73.3%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Population	4,123 → 3,141 (-23.8%)	296 → 563 (+90.2%)
Median household income	$57,910 → $88,311 (+52.5%)	—
Median home value	$340,600 → $490,200 (+43.9%)	$98,800 → $97,100 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $2,226 (+117.8%)	—

Port Aransas

Population

4,1233,141

Median household income

$57,910$88,311

Median home value

$340,600$490,200

Median gross rent

$1,022$2,226

Sandy Hollow-Escondidas

Population

296563

Median home value

$98,800$97,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Under 5	2.6%	35.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	38.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	19.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	22.6%	15.3%
75 and over	9.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	17.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	82.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	23.4%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Drove alone	69.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.0%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
1-unit, detached	49.6%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	20.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	45.5%

Poverty & households

	Port Aransas	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Poverty rate	9.5%	80.8%
Average household size	2.09	5.93
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1989	1982