Big Sandy vs Ore City

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

Big Sandy and Ore City 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 965 in Ore City). Ore City has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $41,806 in Big Sandy). Big Sandy has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $97,400 in Ore City).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sandy	Ore City
Population	1,215	965
Median age	36.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,806	$69,167
Median home value	$119,800	$97,400
Median gross rent	$751	$1,153
Housing units	658	373
Homeownership rate	49.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sandy	Ore City
Population	1,495 → 1,215 (-18.7%)	1,071 → 965 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $41,806 (+6.2%)	$37,500 → $69,167 (+84.4%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $119,800 (+41.6%)	$78,000 → $97,400 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $751 (+7.3%)	$788 → $1,153 (+46.3%)

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

Ore City

Population

1,071965

Median household income

$37,500$69,167

Median home value

$78,000$97,400

Median gross rent

$788$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sandy	Ore City
Under 5	6.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	28.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	5.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.2%
75 and over	5.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sandy	Ore City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	50.6%
Black or African American	9.8%	5.6%
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%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sandy	Ore City
No high school diploma	21.7%	29.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sandy	Ore City
Drove alone	78.5%	88.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sandy	Ore City
1-unit, detached	68.7%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Sandy	Ore City
Poverty rate	29.6%	18.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1979	1977