Is Sachse a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sachse grades B+ overall, ranked 66th of 640 in Texas. The median household earns $132K. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 88% of the country and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 77% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $428K for a typical one and 4.7 times the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Sachse’s median household income is $132,000, against $69,000 in Texas’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Heritage Park, at 32 acres. Sachse's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns.
What makes Sachse stand out
Where Sachse beats most towns.
Sachse has grown 61% since 2010
20,329 counted in 2010 and 27,103 in 2020; an estimated 32,834 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 21.1% since 2020, after 33.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Sachse grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Sachse is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cotton Bowl and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sachse. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
32 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
6 mi MuseumSouthfork RanchPhoto credits
Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Southfork Ranch: Sf46 at en.wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to Sachse: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sachse, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sachse.
Sachse fares better on crime within Texas than nationally, has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of Texas.
Sachse’s grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 10.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. Against the 4,357 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sachse’s, it is healthier than 65%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
10% of Sachse adults report frequent physical distress. Sachse beats the Texas average on 22 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of Sachse adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Sachse | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Sachse | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.4% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Sachse’s schools beat 63% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Garland ISD. Three of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Sachse H S, with 2,935 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| B G Hudson MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,099 | B |
| Sachse H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,935 | A− |
| Don Whitt ElTop results in townGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 728 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Sachse’s grade for cost of living is a D
The typical value, about $428K, is 8% below its May 2024 peak. The median property tax bill is $6,873, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Sachse is $1,798 a month. The typical Sachse home is worth about $428,000, down 2.8% in a year, 45% above the Texas typical home. 85% of households own their home in Sachse.
| Sachse | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,798 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Sachse’s grade for safety is an A−
At 9.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 91% of Texas’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 24 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Sachse’s violent crime rate is 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Sachse | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.6 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents commute out of Sachse
Sachse has 3,053 jobs for its 14,601 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 1,136 in 2013 to 3,053.
Most working residents leave Sachse for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Sachse has added 1,917 jobs, to 3,053 in 2023. The top destinations are Dallas (25%), Plano (10%) and Richardson (10%).
| Sachse | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sachse has set aside 4.5% of its land for conservation
3.1 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves.
| Sachse | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Heritage Park | 0.9 mi | 32 |
| 2. Salmon Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Stone Park | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Sachse has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 94.6°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 34.9°.
Sachse has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Sachse | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Sachse, with tornadoes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sachse.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Sachse
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Sachse
About 6 of every 100 Sachse residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
98% of working residents leave Sachse for work
Where Sachse’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sachse
City in Texas, United States
Sachse ( SAK-see) is a city in Collin and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is part of the DFW metroplex. A northeastern suburb of Dallas, the city population was 27,103, as of the 2020 census with an estimated population of 33,768 people today. Sachse is located off SH 78 and the President George Bush Turnpike and is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the Firewheel Town Center.
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- Area
- 9.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 548 ft
- ZIP code
- 75048
- Area code
- 972
Sachse’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Sachse.
Questions about Sachse
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sachse, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sachse grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #66 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health, A− for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Sachse, TX expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
What is Sachse, TX known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Devin Duvernay and Devine Ozigbo.