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SheetTX-CHANNELVIEW-TX Β· Channelview, TX 43,536 pop Β· income 44th 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 Channelview
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Channelview on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hagerstown Β· lowest
49,957
Hagerstown Β· lowest
49,957 median HH income
28.9% of the leader Β· rank #1
Sauk Centre Β· near
65,763
Sauk Centre Β· near
65,763 median HH income
38.1% of the leader Β· rank #2
Homeland Β· near
65,769
Homeland Β· near
65,769 median HH income
38.1% of the leader Β· rank #3
Pheasant Run Β· near
65,769
Pheasant Run Β· near
65,769 median HH income
38.1% of the leader Β· rank #4
Channelview Β· this city
65,775
Channelview Β· this city
65,775 median HH income
38.1% of the leader Β· rank #5
Lemoore Stati⦠· near
65,781
Lemoore Stati⦠· near
65,781 median HH income
38.1% of the leader Β· rank #6
Keller Β· highest
172,654
Keller Β· highest
172,654 median HH income
100.0% of the leader Β· 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Channelview on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 43,536.
Channelview ranks in the 44th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
44th
percentile, household income
39th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
π 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: Channelview, TX
43,536 people live in Channelview, Texas - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $65,775 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 15.0%. Typical homes in Channelview are valued around $186,300, and the median resident age is 31.2 years. Educational attainment runs 14.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 59.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 9 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Texas at 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,149 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Channelview'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 schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Channelview, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Channelview?
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.
The NCES join finds 9 public schools within the city match. 14.4% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Channelview?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.6%. 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. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Which cities make useful reference points for Channelview?
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.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Waxahachie (43,591 residents, $82,449 income); Schertz (43,128 residents, $96,633 income); The Colony (44,916 residents, $111,090 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ormond Beach, FL (43,514 residents); Pittsfield, MA (43,559 residents); Newnan, GA (43,510 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Channelview?
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.
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 15.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Below median income Β· poverty 15.0% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost Β· BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score Β· Channelview, TX
36/100
4 published dimensions Β· 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.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 β national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income D
$65,775
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop β₯1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
15.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Channelview profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) Β· 97.1 index
Household income: 43/100 (D) Β· $65,775
Poverty rate: 23/100 (F) Β· 15.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 18/100 (F) Β· 14.4%
How does Channelview compare to other US cities?
Where Channelview sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income44% higher than other cities
Home value39% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Channelview 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 Channelview near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Channelview ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Channelview only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#694 of 1,520
54th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#614 of 1,505
59th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#502 of 1,663
69th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#997 of 1,663
40th 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
44th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Channelview's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$186,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 61% 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 Β· 2023
Channelview's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8Γ
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0Γ
National rank
#5,756 of 15,516
More affordable than 63% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#684 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000β49,999)
At 2.8Γ, Channelview sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,756 of 15,516 and #684 of 3,317small cities (10,000β49,999).
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 Γ· median household income for cities with both fields and population β₯ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0β5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$65,775Channelview, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Channelview, 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 Channelview, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
43,536
Median Income
$65,775
Median Home Value
$186,300
Median Age
31.2
Poverty Rate
15.0%
Labor force participation
59.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.4%
Schools
Total Schools
9
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.6%
Carpool
10.0%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
5.3%
Other
2.1%
Based on 18,117 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 Channelview. 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 Channelview 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 Channelview sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Channelview 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, NCES CCD, 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.