Barstow vs Southwest Sandhill

A side-by-side comparison of Barstow and Southwest Sandhill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southwest Sandhill has the higher population (1,174 vs 193 in Barstow). Southwest Sandhill has the higher median household income ($71,618 vs $53,182 in Barstow). Southwest Sandhill has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $99,300 in Barstow).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
Population	193	1,174
Median age	48.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,182	$71,618
Median home value	$99,300	$117,800
Housing units	155	528
Homeownership rate	84.7%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
Population	515 → 193 (-62.5%)	911 → 1,174 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$34,792 → $53,182 (+52.9%)	$80,114 → $71,618 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$41,400 → $99,300 (+139.9%)	$152,300 → $117,800 (-22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $744 (-31.3%)	—

Barstow

Population

515193

Median household income

$34,792$53,182

Median home value

$41,400$99,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$744

Southwest Sandhill

Population

9111,174

Median household income

$80,114$71,618

Median home value

$152,300$117,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
Under 5	2.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	5.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	31.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	2.1%	8.7%
75 and over	25.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	39.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
No high school diploma	36.3%	23.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
Drove alone	63.8%	84.9%
Carpooled	31.9%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
1-unit, detached	78.1%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Barstow	Southwest Sandhill
Poverty rate	16.6%	7.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1956	1972