According to our research of Texas and other state lists there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Sandia, Texas as of May 24, 2013. The ratio of number of residents in Sandia to the number of sex offenders is 56 to 1.
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $280 (2.0%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $780 (0.7%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (34.9 miles , pop. 277,454).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (106.3 miles , pop. 1,144,646).
Sandia-area historical tornado activity is below Texas state average. It is 12% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/16/1969, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.1 miles away from the Sandia place center causedbetween $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
On 4/29/1976, a category F3 tornado 20.0 miles away from the place center causedbetween $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Sandia-area historical earthquake activity is above Texas state average. It is 91% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/9/1993 at 12:29:19, a magnitude 4.3 (4.1 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 56.7 miles away from the city center On 3/24/1997 at 22:31:34, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 23.5 miles away from Sandia center On 4/7/2008 at 09:51:12, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, 3.9 MW, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 62.9 miles away from the city center On 7/20/1991 at 23:38:19, a magnitude 3.6 (3.4 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 62.3 miles away from the city center On 5/16/1993 at 15:30:19, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 57.5 miles away from Sandia center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Jim Wells County (19) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 11 Emergencies Declared: 8
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 11, Floods: 3, Storms: 3, Tornadoes: 2, Fires: 2, Tropical Storms: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Wind: 1, Flood: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sandia:
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL CORPUS CHRISTI (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 23 miles away; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL ALICE (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 24 miles away; ALICE, TX)
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL BEEVILLE (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 34 miles away; BEEVILLE, TX)
QUICK STOP MODEL MARKET (Population served: 275, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between FEB-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from NOV-21-2002 to NOV-21-2002), St Public Notif requested (NOV-21-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-07-2003)
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In APR-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-02-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-02-2005)
Past monitoring violations:
PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between APR-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between NOV-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between SEP-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
11 routine major monitoring violations
3 minor monitoring violations
9 other older monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 13.8%
(0.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 23.3% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.9 people
Texas:
2.5 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
72.2%
Whole state:
70.3%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
5.8%
Whole state:
4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Sandia (based on Jim Wells County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 59.58%
Here
59.6%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
United Methodist Church
LDS (Mormon) Church
Adherents
63.4%
23.6%
3.6%
2.9%
1.6%
Congregations
5.4%
29.7%
5.4%
8.1%
2.7%
Name
Churches of Christ
Presbyterian Church (USA)
United Church of Christ
Episcopal Church
Other
Adherents
1.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.5%
1.4%
Congregations
13.5%
5.4%
2.7%
2.7%
24.3%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 10
Jim Wells County:
2.43 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 7
Jim Wells County:
1.70 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 23
Here:
5.59 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 23
Here:
5.59 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Jim Wells County:
8.9%
State:
8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Jim Wells County:
27.0%
State:
26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
14.4%
Texas:
15.7%
6.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,001 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.18%
Texas average:
8.37%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
