Big Sandy vs Union Grove

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

Big Sandy and Union Grove 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 764 in Union Grove). Union Grove has the higher median household income ($203,594 vs $41,806 in Big Sandy). Union Grove has the higher median home value ($224,300 vs $119,800 in Big Sandy).

Population, income & housing

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
Population	1,215	764
Median age	36.2 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,806	$203,594
Median home value	$119,800	$224,300
Median gross rent	$751	$1,125
Housing units	658	279
Homeownership rate	49.2%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
Population	1,495 → 1,215 (-18.7%)	436 → 764 (+75.2%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $41,806 (+6.2%)	$43,750 → $203,594 (+365.4%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $119,800 (+41.6%)	$118,200 → $224,300 (+89.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $751 (+7.3%)	$1,075 → $1,125 (+4.7%)

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

Union Grove

Population

436764

Median household income

$43,750$203,594

Median home value

$118,200$224,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
Under 5	6.3%	12.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	13.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	35.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	3.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	1.8%
75 and over	5.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	78.5%
Black or African American	9.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
No high school diploma	21.7%	28.7%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
Drove alone	78.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.2%
Other means	1.7%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
1-unit, detached	68.7%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
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%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Sandy	Union Grove
Poverty rate	29.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1979	2002