Grandfalls vs Southwest Sandhill

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

Grandfalls 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 322 in Grandfalls). Southwest Sandhill has the higher median household income ($71,618 vs $56,000 in Grandfalls). Since 2019, Southwest Sandhill's population has grown faster (+28.9% vs -20.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
Population	322	1,174
Median age	29.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,000	$71,618
Median home value	—	$117,800
Median gross rent	$633	—
Housing units	154	528
Homeownership rate	73.8%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
Population	407 → 322 (-20.9%)	911 → 1,174 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $56,000 (+26.5%)	$80,114 → $71,618 (-10.6%)
Median home value	—	$152,300 → $117,800 (-22.7%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $633 (+13.2%)	—

Grandfalls

Population

407322

Median household income

$44,286$56,000

Median gross rent

$559$633

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)

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
Under 5	11.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	29.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	3.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.7%
75 and over	9.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	39.4%
Black or African American	6.8%	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	3.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.2%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
No high school diploma	14.8%	23.1%
High school graduate	45.7%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
Drove alone	78.1%	84.9%
Carpooled	21.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
1-unit, detached	66.2%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Grandfalls	Southwest Sandhill
Poverty rate	18.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1972	1972