Knippa vs Sabinal

A side-by-side comparison of Knippa and Sabinal: population, income, housing, and more.

Knippa and Sabinal are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Knippa has the higher population (997 vs 739 in Sabinal). Knippa has the higher median household income ($73,212 vs $32,800 in Sabinal). Knippa has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $82,300 in Sabinal).

Population, income & housing

	Knippa	Sabinal
Population	997	739
Median age	39.1 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,212	$32,800
Median home value	$176,400	$82,300
Median gross rent	—	$581
Housing units	299	477
Homeownership rate	81.8%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knippa	Sabinal
Population	783 → 997 (+27.3%)	1,534 → 739 (-51.8%)
Median household income	$31,800 → $73,212 (+130.2%)	$31,406 → $32,800 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $176,400 (+122.2%)	$67,000 → $82,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$632 → $581 (-8.1%)

Knippa

Population

783997

Median household income

$31,800$73,212

Median home value

$79,400$176,400

Sabinal

Population

1,534739

Median household income

$31,406$32,800

Median home value

$67,000$82,300

Median gross rent

$632$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knippa	Sabinal
Under 5	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	27.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	4.7%	2.7%
35 to 44	27.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	17.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	32.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.0%
75 and over	1.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knippa	Sabinal
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	31.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	39.5%	65.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knippa	Sabinal
No high school diploma	8.1%	20.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knippa	Sabinal
Drove alone	80.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knippa	Sabinal
1-unit, detached	72.9%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.8%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Knippa	Sabinal
Poverty rate	17.8%	18.1%
Average household size	3.63	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1993	1981