Is Sansom Park a good place to live?
Sansom Park grades D overall, 550th of 640 graded towns in Texas, mostly because of health and schools. Residents are less healthy than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its schools rank behind 87% of the state's. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Sansom Park, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Sansom Park's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns.
What makes Sansom Park stand out
Where Sansom Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Sansom Park has grown 16% since 2010
4,686 counted in 2010 and 5,454 in 2020; an estimated 5,419 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 16.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Sansom Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Sansom Park is from typical.
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AT&T Stadium and 71 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sansom Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
20 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Sansom Park: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sansom Park, 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 Sansom Park.
Sansom Park has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the Texas rate.
Sansom Park stands out in Texas and nationally, with more of its adults who smoke cigarettes
21% of Sansom Park adults smoke cigarettes. Sansom Park beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 24. 45% of Sansom Park adults get no exercise outside work.
| Sansom Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Sansom Park | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.4% | 17% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.8% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sansom Park earns a D for schools
Its public schools are run by Castleberry ISD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy James Academy of LeadershipLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 471 | C |
| Crossroads Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | 52 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Crime per resident in Sansom Park is higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
The violent crime rate in Sansom Park is 4.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Sansom Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 16.9 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
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, fewer of Sansom Park’s households own their home
At 2.2 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $196K) costs less against local pay than in 89% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,314, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
36% of households own their home in Sansom Park. The typical Sansom Park home is worth about $196,000, down 0.7% in a year, 34% below the Texas typical home.
| Sansom Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 36% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,166 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Sansom Park’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 571 in 2013 to 941.
Most working residents leave Sansom Park for work: only 1% work in town. Sansom Park’s median household income is $42,000. Since 2013, Sansom Park has added 370 jobs, to 941 in 2023.
| Sansom Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $42,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tornadoes leads a low hazard risk in Sansom Park
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 2007, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sansom Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sansom Park has mild winters and hot summers
The Ft Worth Wsfo weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 98 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 96°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.3°.
Sansom Park has mild winters and hot summers. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Sansom Park | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Sansom Park
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Sansom Park
About 4 of every 100 Sansom Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Sansom Park for work
Where Sansom Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sansom Park
City in Texas, United States
Sansom Park is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,454 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 751 ft
- Area code
- 817
Sansom Park’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Sansom Park.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sansom Park | #550 | D | B+ | C− | D | D− |
| Lake Worth | #552 | D | B | D− | D | C |
Questions about Sansom Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sansom Park, TX a good place to live?
Sansom Park grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #550 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health, C− for safety and D for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Sansom Park, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.