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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-SACHSE-TX · Sachse, TX 29,075 pop · income 90th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Sachse
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Sachse on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Russellville · lowest
48,708
Russellville · lowest
48,708 median HH income
37.2% of the leader · rank #1
Coral Gables · near
130,803
Coral Gables · near
130,803 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
St. Michael · near
130,814
St. Michael · near
130,814 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Sachse · this city
130,839
Sachse · this city
130,839 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Johnstown · near
130,851
Johnstown · near
130,851 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Holtsville · near
130,851
Holtsville · near
130,851 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Cortland West · highest
130,875
Cortland West · highest
130,875 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Sachse on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 29,075.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Sachse - the verdict
Sachse ranks in the 90th percentile for household income and the 72nd percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
90th
percentile, household income
74th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
72nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Sachse, TX
Texas's Sachse is a small city, with 29,075 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Sachse brings in $130,839 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.9%. Home values in Sachse run a median of $366,100, and the median resident age is 40.5 years. Educational attainment runs 47.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 48 residential building permits were authorized in Sachse (Growing), up 7% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Sachse reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 809.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Texas scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Sachse's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime to housing and income to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Sachse, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Sachse?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Converse (28,764 residents, $88,060 income); Forney (28,222 residents, $103,360 income); Greenville (29,936 residents, $63,574 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Easton, PA (29,079 residents); East Lake-Orient Park, FL (29,064 residents); Mehlville, MO (29,089 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +5,753 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +21.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 48 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Sachse?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 809.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 64% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
How far does income reach against housing in Sachse?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Sachse?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.6%
Work from home
23.9%
Drive alone
66.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 15,576 workers age 16+.
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 47.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
47.4%
Poverty estimate
2.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$130,839
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A-
47.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B+
2.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B+
72 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Sachse profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 90/100 (A+) · $130,839
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) · 47.4%
Poverty rate: 79/100 (B+) · 2.9%
Violent crime: 78/100 (B+) · 72 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Where Sachse sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Sachse's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Sachse highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Sachse, TX (this city): home $366,100, crime 810/100k
Easton, PA : home $169,200, crime 1,387/100k
Russellville, AR : home $166,500, crime 1,734/100k
Independence, KY : home $240,500, crime 343/100k
East Palo Alto, CA : home $1,124,000, crime 2,527/100k
Converse, TX : home $240,100, crime 1,873/100k
Forney, TX : home $323,500, crime 808/100k
Greenville, TX : home $197,400, crime 1,424/100k
Eagle Pass, TX : home $192,600, crime 2,041/100k
Lake Jackson, TX : home $248,900, crime 2,000/100k
Alvin, TX : home $212,500, crime 1,863/100k
How does Sachse compare to other US cities?
Sachse measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income90% higher than other cities
Home value74% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety72% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Texas alone, Sachse ranks #185 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Sachse against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Sachse near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Sachse ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Sachse only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#110 of 1,520
93rd percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#171 of 1,505
89th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,287 of 1,663
22nd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#155 of 1,663
91st percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
90th percentile nationally for median household income · 72nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Sachse's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Sachse's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Sachse's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$366,10026th percentilemore affordable than 26% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Sachse's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,579 of 15,516
More affordable than 64% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#654 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.8×, Sachse sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,579 of 15,516 and #654 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$130,839Sachse, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Sachse, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Sachse, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
29,075
Median Income
$130,839
Median Home Value
$366,100
Median Age
40.5
Poverty Rate
2.9%
Labor force participation
68.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
47.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
809.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
72.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
737.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Sachse's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
27,081 residents
2021
29,002 residents
2022
30,635 residents
2023
32,563 residents
2024
32,995 residents
2025
32,834 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
48
housing units authorized
Single-Family
48
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
45
45
0
$22.8M
2020
759
159
600
$177.7M
2021
596
403
193
$159.1M
2022
719
226
493
$155.7M
2023
159
159
0
$39.4M
2024
48
48
0
$15.7M
Permit volume increased 7% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
66.5%
Carpool
5.6%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
23.9%
Other
2.9%
Based on 15,576 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Sachse. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Sachse is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Sachse sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Sachse compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.