City safety & data profile
SachseTX
Sachse, TX is a 25K-resident city in Dallas County with a median household income of $131,808.
Dallas County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sachse, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sachse has a population larger than 54% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $406,200.
Data updated 2026-09-03
- 25K
- Population (place)
- Top 46%
- By size
- $131,808
- Median income (place)
- $406,200
- Median home (place)
- 3.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Sachse
Sachse posts a median household income higher than 88% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Top 12%
- by median income, US cities
Where Sachse income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$131,808 Top 12% higher than 88% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in TX
Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Houston
Houston, TX
2,314,157 residents
- San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
1,526,656 residents
- Dallas
Dallas, TX
1,326,087 residents
- Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
1,008,106 residents
- Austin
Austin, TX
974,447 residents
- El Paso 678,815
El Paso, TX
678,815 residents
- Arlington 388,125
Arlington, TX
388,125 residents
- Corpus Christi 316,239
Corpus Christi, TX
316,239 residents
- Plano 283,558
Plano, TX
283,558 residents
- Laredo 256,153
Laredo, TX
256,153 residents
What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.
Highest median incomes in TX
Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Southlake
Southlake, TX
$250,001 median
- University P…
University Park, TX
$250,001 median
- West Univers…
West University Place, TX
$250,001 median
- Bellaire
Bellaire, TX
$244,015 median
- Colleyville
Colleyville, TX
$218,328 median
- Trophy Club
Trophy Club, TX
$201,054 median
- Prosper
Prosper, TX
$195,281 median
- Lakeway
Lakeway, TX
$190,060 median
- Murphy
Murphy, TX
$175,699 median
- Keller
Keller, TX
$174,950 median
What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Sachse, TX beyond the headline numbers
Sachse sits inside Dallas County, Texas, at roughly 32.98°N, -96.60°W. Population 24,554, $131,808 median household income. Median home value $406,200, median rent $1,798. Poverty rate 3.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
Hardship is low by national standards: 3.3% of Sachse, TX residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Sachse runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
25.3% of Sachse workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 4.2% in Sachse, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sachse from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Dallas County): Sachse's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 3.3% -73% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.2% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 48.5% |
| Work From Home | 25.3% |
| Public Transit | 0.4% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Sachse?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sachse right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet TX-SACHSE · Sachse
Sachse: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sachse; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sachse, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (3.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($131,808 here).
Compare Sachse with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Sachse's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sachse area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Sachse against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Dallas County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.