River Oaks vs Sansom Park

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

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

River Oaks has the higher population (7,516 vs 5,387 in Sansom Park). River Oaks has the higher median household income ($65,582 vs $40,993 in Sansom Park). River Oaks has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $144,600 in Sansom Park).

Population, income & housing

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
Population	7,516	5,387
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,582	$40,993
Median home value	$202,800	$144,600
Median gross rent	$1,220	$1,163
Housing units	2,427	2,042
Homeownership rate	77.0%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
Population	7,685 → 7,516 (-2.2%)	5,411 → 5,387 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$62,326 → $65,582 (+5.2%)	$51,909 → $40,993 (-21.0%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $202,800 (+100.8%)	$85,400 → $144,600 (+69.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,220 (+9.3%)	$903 → $1,163 (+28.8%)

River Oaks

Population

7,6857,516

Median household income

$62,326$65,582

Median home value

$101,000$202,800

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,220

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)

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
Under 5	10.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	7.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.1%
75 and over	5.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
White (non-Hispanic)	29.9%	24.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	67.5%	71.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
No high school diploma	26.1%	21.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
Drove alone	66.2%	57.3%
Carpooled	21.6%	30.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	9.7%
Other means	3.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
1-unit, detached	88.9%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	River Oaks	Sansom Park
Poverty rate	13.7%	26.4%
Average household size	3.22	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1953	1975