Richland Hills vs Sansom Park

A side-by-side comparison of Richland Hills and Sansom Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Richland Hills and Sansom Park are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richland Hills has the higher population (8,473 vs 5,387 in Sansom Park). Richland Hills has the higher median household income ($67,628 vs $40,993 in Sansom Park). Richland Hills has the higher median home value ($232,800 vs $144,600 in Sansom Park).

Population, income & housing

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
Population	8,473	5,387
Median age	40.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,628	$40,993
Median home value	$232,800	$144,600
Median gross rent	$1,327	$1,163
Housing units	3,375	2,042
Homeownership rate	63.3%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
Population	8,051 → 8,473 (+5.2%)	5,411 → 5,387 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$62,549 → $67,628 (+8.1%)	$51,909 → $40,993 (-21.0%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $232,800 (+55.8%)	$85,400 → $144,600 (+69.3%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,327 (+39.0%)	$903 → $1,163 (+28.8%)

Richland Hills

Population

8,0518,473

Median household income

$62,549$67,628

Median home value

$149,400$232,800

Median gross rent

$955$1,327

Sansom Park

Population

5,4115,387

Median household income

$51,909$40,993

Median home value

$85,400$144,600

Median gross rent

$903$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
Under 5	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	14.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.1%
75 and over	4.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	24.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	71.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
No high school diploma	9.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	32.7%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
Drove alone	74.2%	57.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	30.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
1-unit, detached	74.3%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Richland Hills	Sansom Park
Poverty rate	8.4%	26.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1959	1975