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Big Sandy, TX
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Big Sandy is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,286 people and two associated neighborhoods, Big Sandy is the 782nd largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that Big Sandy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In Big Sandy, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.24 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Big Sandy is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Big Sandy rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.81% of adults 25 and older in Big Sandy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Big Sandy in 2022 was $21,860, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,440 for a family of four. However, Big Sandy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Big Sandy also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.33% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Big Sandy is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Big Sandy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Big Sandy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Big Sandy also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.63% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Big Sandy include English, German, Welsh, Irish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Big Sandy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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