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SheetTX-CLEBURNE-TX · Cleburne, TX 32,966 pop · income 45th 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 Cleburne
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cleburne on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Nacogdoches · lowest
38,855
Nacogdoches · lowest
38,855 median HH income
20.1% of the leader · rank #1
Clarkesville · near
66,316
Clarkesville · near
66,316 median HH income
34.2% of the leader · rank #2
Florin · near
66,323
Florin · near
66,323 median HH income
34.3% of the leader · rank #3
Cleburne · this city
66,324
Cleburne · this city
66,324 median HH income
34.3% of the leader · rank #4
Lewisburg · near
66,328
Lewisburg · near
66,328 median HH income
34.3% of the leader · rank #5
Pateros · near
66,333
Pateros · near
66,333 median HH income
34.3% of the leader · rank #6
Foster City · highest
193,633
Foster City · highest
193,633 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 Cleburne 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: 32,966.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Cleburne - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Cleburne lands in the 45th percentile for household income and the 48th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
45th
percentile, household income
43rd
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
48th
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: Cleburne, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 32,966 residents in Cleburne, a small city within Texas. The typical household in Cleburne brings in $66,324 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.1%. Home values in Cleburne run a median of $200,900, and the median resident age is 35.0 years. Educational attainment runs 18.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 61.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 648 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 155% from five years earlier. Cleburne reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1454.4 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 65.0°F with 37.7 inches of precipitation per year and 0.8 inches of snowfall.
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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. 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 Cleburne'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 population change to work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context 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 Cleburne, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count.
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
Is Cleburne growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +8,489 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +27.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 648 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What does the journey to work look like in Cleburne?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.6%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Cleburne?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1454.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 36% lower 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cleburne?
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 Canyon Lake (32,924 residents, $93,114 income); Harker Heights (33,595 residents, $82,685 income); Hutto (32,188 residents, $115,149 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Foster City, CA (32,964 residents); Cottonwood Heights, UT (32,984 residents); Spring Valley, NY (32,995 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.
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.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Cleburne?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 65.0°F, with 37.7 inches of precipitation and 0.8 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Texas is 49.0 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
49.0
Annual precipitation
37.7 in
Mean temperature
65.0°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
How far does income reach against housing in Cleburne?
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 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.0×
Home value
$200,900
Household income
$66,324
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
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 15 public schools within the city match. 18.0% 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
8.1%
Bachelor's degree+
18.0%
Matched public schools
15
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 8.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
D
City profile score · Cleburne, TX
42/100
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.
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.
Poverty rate D
8.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$66,324
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
277 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cleburne profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 47/100 (D) · 8.1%
Household income: 44/100 (D) · $66,324
Violent crime: 36/100 (F) · 277 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 28/100 (F) · 18.0%
Where Cleburne sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Cleburne'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 - Cleburne highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Cleburne, TX (this city): home $200,900, crime 1,454/100k
Foster City, CA : home $1,774,500, crime 739/100k
Cottonwood Heights, UT : home $641,900, crime 1,702/100k
Sherwood, AR : home $190,900, crime 2,571/100k
Harker Heights, TX : home $269,000, crime 1,125/100k
Hutto, TX : home $315,800, crime 1,092/100k
Deer Park, TX : home $238,900, crime 1,394/100k
Nacogdoches, TX : home $173,200, crime 1,691/100k
Cibolo, TX : home $324,600, crime 994/100k
How does Cleburne compare to other US cities?
Cleburne measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income45% higher than other cities
Home value43% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety48% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: Cleburne ranks #331 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cleburne 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 Cleburne near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cleburne ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cleburne only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#680 of 1,520
55th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#555 of 1,505
63rd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#876 of 1,663
47th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#770 of 1,663
54th 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
45th percentile nationally for median household income · 48th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Cleburne's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Cleburne'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 Cleburne's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$200,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 57% 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
Cleburne's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,856 of 15,516
More affordable than 56% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#953 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.0×, Cleburne sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,856 of 15,516 and #953 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$66,324Cleburne, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cleburne, 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 Cleburne, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
32,966
Median Income
$66,324
Median Home Value
$200,900
Median Age
35.0
Poverty Rate
8.1%
Labor force participation
61.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1454.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
276.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1177.8
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
65.0°F
Annual Precipitation
37.7"
Annual Snowfall
0.8"
Schools
Total Schools
15
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Cleburne's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
31,453 residents
2021
32,147 residents
2022
33,906 residents
2023
36,337 residents
2024
38,341 residents
2025
39,942 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
648
housing units authorized
Single-Family
582
detached homes
Multifamily
66
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
19.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
254
238
16
$41.2M
2020
326
290
36
$69.5M
2021
584
264
320
$84.2M
2022
889
307
582
$117.6M
2023
756
222
534
$109.5M
2024
648
582
66
$172.8M
Permit volume increased 155% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
86.6%
Carpool
10.2%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
2.2%
Based on 14,941 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 Cleburne. 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 Cleburne 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 Cleburne sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cleburne 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.