Lyford vs Sebastian

A side-by-side comparison of Lyford and Sebastian: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lyford has the higher population (2,153 vs 1,144 in Sebastian). Lyford has the higher median household income ($44,464 vs $24,395 in Sebastian). Lyford has the higher median home value ($58,300 vs $37,600 in Sebastian).

Population, income & housing

	Lyford	Sebastian
Population	2,153	1,144
Median age	35.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,464	$24,395
Median home value	$58,300	$37,600
Median gross rent	$974	$369
Housing units	713	515
Homeownership rate	72.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyford	Sebastian
Population	2,547 → 2,153 (-15.5%)	1,515 → 1,144 (-24.5%)
Median household income	$32,589 → $44,464 (+36.4%)	$28,654 → $24,395 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$47,300 → $58,300 (+23.3%)	$49,500 → $37,600 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $974 (+53.9%)	$319 → $369 (+15.7%)

Lyford

Population

2,5472,153

Median household income

$32,589$44,464

Median home value

$47,300$58,300

Median gross rent

$633$974

Sebastian

Population

1,5151,144

Median household income

$28,654$24,395

Median home value

$49,500$37,600

Median gross rent

$319$369

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyford	Sebastian
Under 5	6.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	6.7%
55 to 64	6.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	16.4%
75 and over	6.1%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyford	Sebastian
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	95.9%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyford	Sebastian
No high school diploma	37.3%	49.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyford	Sebastian
Drove alone	86.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	20.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyford	Sebastian
1-unit, detached	78.7%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Lyford	Sebastian
Poverty rate	18.3%	31.6%
Average household size	3.75	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1985	1985