Cool vs Sanctuary

A side-by-side comparison of Cool and Sanctuary: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sanctuary has the higher population (258 vs 116 in Cool). Sanctuary has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $52,188 in Cool). Since 2019, Sanctuary's population has grown faster (-14.3% vs -34.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cool	Sanctuary
Population	116	258
Median age	52.0 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$106,250
Median home value	—	$228,600
Median gross rent	$2,100	$1,125
Housing units	61	131
Homeownership rate	78.9%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cool	Sanctuary
Population	178 → 116 (-34.8%)	301 → 258 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$44,531 → $52,188 (+17.2%)	$78,750 → $106,250 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $164,600 (+27.4%)	$152,500 → $228,600 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $2,100 (+205.2%)	$875 → $1,125 (+28.6%)

Cool

Population

178116

Median household income

$44,531$52,188

Median home value

$129,200$164,600

Median gross rent

$688$2,100

Sanctuary

Population

301258

Median household income

$78,750$106,250

Median home value

$152,500$228,600

Median gross rent

$875$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cool	Sanctuary
Under 5	2.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	6.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	18.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	20.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	19.8%
75 and over	11.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cool	Sanctuary
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cool	Sanctuary
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cool	Sanctuary
Drove alone	77.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	16.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cool	Sanctuary
1-unit, detached	72.1%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
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	27.9%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Cool	Sanctuary
Poverty rate	16.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.04	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1987	1968