Southwest Sandhill vs Wickett

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

Southwest Sandhill and Wickett 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 644 in Wickett). Wickett has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $71,618 in Southwest Sandhill). Southwest Sandhill has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $88,100 in Wickett).

Population, income & housing

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
Population	1,174	644
Median age	44.2 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,618	$76,250
Median home value	$117,800	$88,100
Housing units	528	232
Homeownership rate	88.0%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
Population	911 → 1,174 (+28.9%)	583 → 644 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$80,114 → $71,618 (-10.6%)	$55,833 → $76,250 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $117,800 (-22.7%)	$55,000 → $88,100 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $750 (+2.3%)

Southwest Sandhill

Population

9111,174

Median household income

$80,114$71,618

Median home value

$152,300$117,800

Wickett

Population

583644

Median household income

$55,833$76,250

Median home value

$55,000$88,100

Median gross rent

$733$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
Under 5	3.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	19.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	5.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	3.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.2%
75 and over	10.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	35.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.3%
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	3.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	57.2%	60.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
No high school diploma	23.1%	13.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
Drove alone	84.9%	94.6%
Carpooled	15.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
1-unit, detached	61.4%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Southwest Sandhill	Wickett
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1972	1970