Monahans vs Southwest Sandhill

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

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

Monahans has the higher population (7,536 vs 1,174 in Southwest Sandhill). Southwest Sandhill has the higher median household income ($71,618 vs $70,820 in Monahans). Monahans has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $117,800 in Southwest Sandhill).

Population, income & housing

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
Population	7,536	1,174
Median age	35.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,820	$71,618
Median home value	$159,000	$117,800
Median gross rent	$919	—
Housing units	3,420	528
Homeownership rate	73.1%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
Population	7,618 → 7,536 (-1.1%)	911 → 1,174 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$64,870 → $70,820 (+9.2%)	$80,114 → $71,618 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $159,000 (+78.9%)	$152,300 → $117,800 (-22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,001 → $919 (-8.2%)	—

Monahans

Population

7,6187,536

Median household income

$64,870$70,820

Median home value

$88,900$159,000

Median gross rent

$1,001$919

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)

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
Under 5	7.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.7%
75 and over	4.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
White (non-Hispanic)	36.1%	39.4%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	55.0%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
No high school diploma	18.3%	23.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
Drove alone	85.9%	84.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
1-unit, detached	73.2%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Monahans	Southwest Sandhill
Poverty rate	16.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1970	1972