Big Sandy vs East Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Big Sandy and East Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Sandy and East Mountain are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Sandy has the higher population (1,215 vs 921 in East Mountain). East Mountain has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $41,806 in Big Sandy). East Mountain has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $119,800 in Big Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
Population	1,215	921
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,806	$66,250
Median home value	$119,800	$176,800
Median gross rent	$751	$1,185
Housing units	658	377
Homeownership rate	49.2%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
Population	1,495 → 1,215 (-18.7%)	1,125 → 921 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $41,806 (+6.2%)	$64,417 → $66,250 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $119,800 (+41.6%)	$154,800 → $176,800 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $751 (+7.3%)	$953 → $1,185 (+24.3%)

Big Sandy

Population

1,4951,215

Median household income

$39,375$41,806

Median home value

$84,600$119,800

Median gross rent

$700$751

East Mountain

Population

1,125921

Median household income

$64,417$66,250

Median home value

$154,800$176,800

Median gross rent

$953$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
Under 5	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	13.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	5.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.8%
75 and over	5.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	67.8%
Black or African American	9.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
No high school diploma	21.7%	21.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
Drove alone	78.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
1-unit, detached	68.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Sandy	East Mountain
Poverty rate	29.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.51	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1979	1994