Sabinal vs Uvalde

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

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

Uvalde has the higher population (15,344 vs 739 in Sabinal). Uvalde has the higher median household income ($50,967 vs $32,800 in Sabinal). Uvalde has the higher median home value ($131,600 vs $82,300 in Sabinal).

Population, income & housing

	Sabinal	Uvalde
Population	739	15,344
Median age	56.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,800	$50,967
Median home value	$82,300	$131,600
Median gross rent	$581	$1,013
Housing units	477	5,983
Homeownership rate	74.3%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sabinal	Uvalde
Population	1,534 → 739 (-51.8%)	16,154 → 15,344 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$31,406 → $32,800 (+4.4%)	$41,713 → $50,967 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$67,000 → $82,300 (+22.8%)	$77,700 → $131,600 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $581 (-8.1%)	$633 → $1,013 (+60.0%)

Sabinal

Population

1,534739

Median household income

$31,406$32,800

Median home value

$67,000$82,300

Median gross rent

$632$581

Uvalde

Population

16,15415,344

Median household income

$41,713$50,967

Median home value

$77,700$131,600

Median gross rent

$633$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sabinal	Uvalde
Under 5	2.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	2.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	32.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.9%
75 and over	12.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sabinal	Uvalde
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	15.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	80.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sabinal	Uvalde
No high school diploma	20.7%	26.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sabinal	Uvalde
Drove alone	77.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.3%
Other means	11.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sabinal	Uvalde
1-unit, detached	76.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Sabinal	Uvalde
Poverty rate	18.1%	26.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1981	1980