Sachse ( ) is a city in Collin and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is part of the DFW metroplex. A northeastern suburb of Dallas, the city population was 27,103, as of the 2020 census with an estimated population of 33,768 people today. Sachse is located off SH 78 and the President George Bush Turnpike and is approximately north of the Firewheel Town Center.
History
Sachse was founded by William Sachse, a European immigrant from Herford, Prussia (modern-day North Rhine-Westphalia), in 1845. Purchasing from Collin County, Sachse erected the first cotton mills and gins in the county. After Sachse gave 100 feet of frontage through all of his holdings to the railroad in 1886, the railroad built a depot on the frontage and named the town Sachse. Since the depot was labeled 'Saxie', many old legal documents referred to the city as 'Saxie'. The flaw was corrected in 1892. The word Sachse comes from the German word for Saxon.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (1.62%) is water.
Education
Sachse residents living in Dallas County attend schools in Garland Independent School District. Sachse residents living in Collin County attend schools in Wylie Independent School District.
Armstrong Elementary School, Sewell Elementary, Hudson Middle School, and Sachse High School serve Garland ISD within Sachse city limits. Garland ISD has a "choice-of-school" system that allows any student in the district to attend any school.
Cox Elementary School and Whitt Elementary School serve Wylie ISD within Sachse city limits. Wylie ISD has feeder school system in which each school feeds into the next school. Cox Elementary feeds into Harrison Intermediate School, Burnett Junior High School, and Wylie East High School and Whitt Elementary School feeds into Draper Intermediate School, Cooper Junior High School, and Wylie High School. All the secondary schools are located within the city of Wylie.
Residents in Dallas County are zoned to Dallas College (formerly the Dallas County Community College District or DCCCD). Residents in Collin County are zoned to Collin College.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Sachse had a population of 27,103. The median age was 38.1 years. 27.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 10.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.7 males age 18 and over.
98.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 2.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 8,692 households in Sachse, of which 46.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 68.4% were married-couple households, 10.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 17.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 12.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 14,593 || 53.8%
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| Black or African American || 3,072 || 11.3%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 193 || 0.7%
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| Asian || 4,791 || 17.7%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 40 || 0.1%
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| Some other race || 1,365 || 5.0%
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| Two or more races || 3,049 || 11.2%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 4,245 || 15.7%
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2022 American Community Survey estimates
American Community Survey estimates, there were people and households. The population density was . There were housing units at an average density of .
The racial makeup of the city was 57.2% White, 19.1% Asian, 11.5% Black or African American, 2.8% some other race, 1.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, and 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, with 7.9% from two or more races. The median household size was and the median family size was . For every 100 females, there were males. Males working full-time jobs had median earnings of $ compared to $ for females. Out of the people with a determined poverty status, 2.0% were below the poverty line. Further, 1.6% of minors and 4.5% of seniors were below the poverty line.
In the survey, residents self-identified with various ethnic ancestries. People of German descent made up 10.0% of the population of the town, followed by English at 9.8%, Irish at 9.3%, American at 5.8%, Sub-Saharan African at 2.9%, Arab at 1.9%, Italian at 1.8%, Czech at 1.5%, Polish at 1.4%, French at 1.4%, Swedish at 1.0%, Scottish at 0.9%, Danish at 0.6%, and Welsh at 0.6%.