Grand Saline vs Van

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Saline and Van: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Saline has the higher population (3,166 vs 2,751 in Van). Van has the higher median household income ($68,267 vs $50,568 in Grand Saline). Van has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $116,200 in Grand Saline).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Saline	Van
Population	3,166	2,751
Median age	42.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,568	$68,267
Median home value	$116,200	$167,900
Median gross rent	$927	$1,077
Housing units	1,306	1,105
Homeownership rate	69.2%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Saline	Van
Population	3,115 → 3,166 (+1.6%)	2,669 → 2,751 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$33,542 → $50,568 (+50.8%)	$53,018 → $68,267 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $116,200 (+61.6%)	$115,200 → $167,900 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $927 (+32.2%)	$765 → $1,077 (+40.8%)

Grand Saline

Population

3,1153,166

Median household income

$33,542$50,568

Median home value

$71,900$116,200

Median gross rent

$701$927

Van

Population

2,6692,751

Median household income

$53,018$68,267

Median home value

$115,200$167,900

Median gross rent

$765$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Saline	Van
Under 5	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	26.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	6.7%
75 and over	8.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Saline	Van
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	81.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Saline	Van
No high school diploma	30.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Saline	Van
Drove alone	70.8%	71.3%
Carpooled	21.0%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Saline	Van
1-unit, detached	83.6%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Grand Saline	Van
Poverty rate	18.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.65	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1971	1978