City safety & data profile

Sulphur SpringsTX

Sulphur Springs, TX is a 16K-resident city in Hopkins County with a median household income of $62,397.

Hopkins County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sulphur Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sulphur Springs has a population larger than 32% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $217,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 33%
By size
$62,397
Median income (place)
$217,800
Median home (place)
14.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sulphur Springs

Sulphur Springs posts a median household income higher than 26% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sulphur Springs area.

Bottom 27%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Sulphur Springs

Where Sulphur Springs income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$62,397 Bottom 26% higher than 26% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sulphur Springs $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Sulphur Springs, TX beyond the headline numbers

Sulphur Springs sits inside Hopkins County, Texas, at roughly 33.14°N, -95.60°W. Population 16,098, $62,397 median household income. Median home value $217,800, median rent $1,106. Poverty rate 14.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Sulphur Springs, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Sulphur Springs, TX stands at 14.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Sulphur Springs costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 5.9% of Sulphur Springs workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.4% in Sulphur Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sulphur Springs 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.

Population (place)
16,098
Sulphur Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$62,397
-30% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$217,800
-47% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hopkins County): Sulphur Springs'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.

20132024
Population
38K+7%
Median Income
$70,888+62%
Median Home Value
$221,100+135%
Poverty Rate
11.9%-38%
Unemployment
4%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sulphur Springs, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,106/mo
Poverty Rate
14.7% +19% vs avg
Unemployment 5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.6%
Work From Home 5.9%
Public Transit 1.5%

Population

White 73.8%
African American 13.5%
Asian 1.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.5%
Obesity
38.2%
High Blood Pressure
37.4%
Physical Inactivity
30.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.8%
Binge Drinking
16.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
16.4%
Current Smoking
15.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.2%
Diabetes
13.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.2%
Annual Checkup 74.9%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.2%
Stroke
4.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CHRISTUS MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL SULPHUR SPRINGS
SULPHUR SPRINGS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Sulphur Springs?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sulphur Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TX-SULPHUR-SPRINGS · Sulphur Springs

Sulphur Springs: 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 Sulphur Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Sulphur Springs, TX? ▼
Sulphur Springs, TX has a population of 16,098 people, located in Hopkins County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Sulphur Springs? ▼
The median household income in Sulphur Springs, TX is $62,397 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.7%.
What is the median home value in Sulphur Springs? ▼
The median home value in Sulphur Springs, TX is $217,800. Median rent is $1,106/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sulphur Springs? ▼
The top health indicators in Sulphur Springs include Short Sleep Duration (38.5%), Obesity (38.2%), High Blood Pressure (37.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Sulphur Springs? ▼
Sulphur Springs has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Sulphur Springs? ▼
The median age in Sulphur Springs, TX is 36.5 years. 21.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sulphur Springs, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (14.7% here).

Orlando, FL 14.7% Hollywood, FL 14.7% Green Bay, WI 14.7% Mount Vernon, NY 14.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($62,397 here).

Kansas City, KS $62,401 Lockport, NY $62,410 Fairview Shores, FL $62,414 Lithia Springs, GA $62,417

Compare Sulphur Springs with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Greenville, TX 27K Paris, TX 25K Mount Pleasant, TX 16K Bonham, TX 10K Royse City, TX 11K Terrell, TX 17K Tyler, TX 104K Rockwall, TX 43K
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Using Sulphur Springs'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 Sulphur Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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 (Hopkins 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.