Sand SpringsTX
In Texas, this town has 682 residents.
Is Sand Springs a good place to live?
2.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Sand Springs, below both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Sand Springs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sand Springs.
Sand Springs has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Sand Springs’ middle household income is recorded as $48,000. For most workers, Sand Springs is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. It had 85 jobs in 2023, down 80 from 2013. The top destinations are Big Spring (22%), Coahoma (10%) and Midland (10%).
| Sand Springs | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $48,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sand Springs has mild winters and hot summers
The typical July afternoon high here in the town is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a low hazard risk in Sand Springs: inland flooding
35% of Sand Springs’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hail at 19%. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Sand Springs is
In Sand Springs, 37% of adults have high blood pressure. Of 31 CDC measures, Sand Springs beats the Texas average on 5 and trails it on 6.
| Sand Springs | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 74% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Sand Springs | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 14.2% | 16.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 16.9% | 19.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.8% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Sand Springs is conserved land
1.1 miles of trail. Sand Springs’ trail network density is put at 0.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sand Springs
Moving to Sand Springs: who provides what
Sand Springs is unincorporated, so Howard County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
98% of working residents leave Sand Springs for work
Where Sand Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sand Springs
About 1 of every 100 Sand Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Questions about Sand Springs
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Is Sand Springs, TX a good place to live?
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