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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-ADDISON-TX · Addison, TX 17,128 pop · income 64th 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 Addison
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Addison on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Laurel · lowest
37,781
Laurel · lowest
37,781 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #1
Varnell · near
82,857
Varnell · near
82,857 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #2
Melbourne · near
82,857
Melbourne · near
82,857 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #3
St. Libory · near
82,857
St. Libory · near
82,857 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #4
Addison · this city
82,858
Addison · this city
82,858 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #5
Lititz · near
82,861
Lititz · near
82,861 median HH income
35.1% of the leader · rank #6
Bellaire · highest
236,311
Bellaire · highest
236,311 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 Addison 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: 17,128.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Addison - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Addison places in the 64th percentile for household income and the 2nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
64th
percentile, household income
83rd
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
2nd
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: Addison, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 17,128 residents in Addison, a small town within Texas. Addison households earn a median of $82,858 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.2%. Typical homes in Addison are valued around $466,000, and the median resident age is 35.6 years. About 61.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 78.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 55 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 72% from five years earlier. Addison's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 5861.7 in FBI UCR data, above the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,149 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Addison'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime to housing and income to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Addison, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
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
What does the journey to work look like in Addison?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Addison?
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.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Bellaire (17,116 residents, $236,311 income); Glenn Heights (17,175 residents, $79,739 income); Groves (17,021 residents, $70,485 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Laurel, MS (17,129 residents); Wixom, MI (17,126 residents); West Richland, WA (17,126 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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +104 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 55 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Addison?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 5861.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 157% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
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.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Addison?
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
5.6×
Home value
$466,000
Household income
$82,858
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 61.5% 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.
Poverty estimate
4.2%
Bachelor's degree+
61.5%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 4.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
C
City profile score · Addison, TX
59/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
61.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
4.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C+
$82,858
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Violent crime F
363 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Addison profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 93/100 (A+) · 61.5%
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.2%
Household income: 62/100 (C+) · $82,858
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Violent crime: 25/100 (F) · 363 /100k
Where Addison sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Addison'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 - Addison highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Addison, TX (this city): home $466,000, crime 5,862/100k
Laurel, MS : home $110,200, crime 4,840/100k
Wixom, MI : home $336,200, crime 1,151/100k
West Richland, WA : home $404,300, crime 687/100k
Bellaire, TX : home $978,300, crime 2,612/100k
Glenn Heights, TX : home $252,200, crime 1,079/100k
Groves, TX : home $153,800, crime 1,405/100k
Stafford, TX : home $247,900, crime 3,521/100k
Manor, TX : home $333,800, crime 1,718/100k
Royse City, TX : home $288,400, crime 1,002/100k
How does Addison compare to other US cities?
Here's how Addison stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income64% higher than other cities
Home value83% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety2% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Texas, Addison ranks #615 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Addison 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 Addison near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Addison ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Addison only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#407 of 1,520
73rd percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#98 of 1,505
93rd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,190 of 1,663
28th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#67 of 1,663
96th 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
64th percentile nationally for median household income · 2nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Addison's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Addison'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 Addison's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$466,00017th percentilemore affordable than 17% 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
Addison's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,728 of 15,516
More affordable than 12% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,858 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.6×, Addison sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,728 of 15,516 and #2,858 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$82,858Addison, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Addison, 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 Addison, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)61.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)78.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
17,128
Median Income
$82,858
Median Home Value
$466,000
Median Age
35.6
Poverty Rate
4.2%
Labor force participation
78.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
61.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
5861.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
362.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
5498.9
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
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Addison's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
17,091 residents
2021
17,417 residents
2022
17,341 residents
2023
17,295 residents
2024
17,302 residents
2025
17,195 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
55
housing units authorized
Single-Family
55
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
197
0
197
$21.6M
2020
413
8
405
$44.7M
2021
31
31
0
$8.9M
2022
22
22
0
$6.5M
2023
7
7
0
$1.3M
2024
55
55
0
$18.5M
Permit volume decreased 72% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.4%
Carpool
3.6%
Public Transit
2.1%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
20.8%
Other
2.1%
Based on 12,006 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 Addison. 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 Addison 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 Addison sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Addison 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.