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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-CORSICANA-TX · Corsicana, TX 25,344 pop · income 21st pct · 12 tracts
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 Corsicana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Corsicana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Chillicothe · lowest
51,231
Chillicothe · lowest
51,231 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #1
North Little… · near
51,236
North Little… · near
51,236 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #2
Corsicana · this city
51,240
Corsicana · this city
51,240 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #3
Paducah · near
51,243
Paducah · near
51,243 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #4
Carolina · near
51,250
Carolina · near
51,250 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #5
University Pa… · highest
250,001
University Pa… · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Corsicana 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: 25,344.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Corsicana - the verdict
Corsicana ranks in the 21st percentile for household income and the 19th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
21st
percentile, household income
31st
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
19th
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: Corsicana, TX
25,344 people live in Corsicana, Texas - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $51,240 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 13.2%. Typical homes in Corsicana are valued around $161,400, and the median resident age is 34.5 years. About 16.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 59.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 83 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 73% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 2727.4 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 65.7°F with 42.1 inches of precipitation per year and 0.4 inches of snowfall.
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Corsicana workers runs 22.1 minutes, with 80.6% driving alone and 4.0% working from home. 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 Corsicana'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to reported crime to within-city variation to housing and income to schools and households to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Corsicana, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Corsicana?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Denison (25,347 residents, $60,821 income); University Park (25,104 residents, $250,000+ income); Kingsville (25,061 residents, $55,649 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ottumwa, IA (25,352 residents); Brandon, MS (25,352 residents); De Pere, WI (25,368 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.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Corsicana?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.1 minutes.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 65.7°F, with 42.1 inches of precipitation and 0.4 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.
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.
What can 12 Census tracts reveal inside Corsicana?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 12 Census tracts to this city.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Corsicana?
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.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2727.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 20% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2259.3
Violent rate
468.1
Total reported rate
2727.4
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
How far does income reach against housing in Corsicana?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Household income
$51,240
Home value
$161,400
Value / income
3.1×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the education layer cover for Corsicana?
The NCES join finds 12 public schools within the city match. 16.5% 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.
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.
Matched public schools
12
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%
Poverty estimate
13.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Is Corsicana growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +345 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 83 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+1.4%
2025 estimate
25,487
2020 estimate
25,142
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
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 F
13.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$51,240
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
468 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Corsicana profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 27/100 (F) · 13.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 24/100 (F) · 16.5%
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $51,240
Violent crime: 18/100 (F) · 468 /100k
Where Corsicana sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Corsicana'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 - Corsicana highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Corsicana, TX (this city): home $161,400, crime 2,727/100k
Ottumwa, IA : home $92,400, crime 3,014/100k
Brandon, MS : home $255,900, crime 463/100k
De Pere, WI : home $253,900, crime 644/100k
Caledonia, WI : home $279,400, crime 533/100k
Mercer Island, WA : home $1,884,200, crime 1,278/100k
Denison, TX : home $167,800, crime 990/100k
University Park, TX : home $1,766,700, crime 1,498/100k
Kingsville, TX : home $134,600, crime 2,022/100k
How does Corsicana compare to other US cities?
Where Corsicana sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income21% higher than other cities
Home value31% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety19% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Texas alone, Corsicana ranks #543 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Corsicana 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 Corsicana near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Corsicana ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Corsicana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,106 of 1,520
27th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#738 of 1,505
51st percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#581 of 1,663
65th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#858 of 1,663
48th 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
21st percentile nationally for median household income · 19th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Corsicana's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Corsicana'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 Corsicana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$161,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 69% 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
Corsicana's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,436 of 15,516
More affordable than 52% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,106 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Corsicana sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,436 of 15,516 and #1,106 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
$51,240Corsicana, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Corsicana, 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 Corsicana, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
25,344
Median Income
$51,240
Median Home Value
$161,400
Median Age
34.5
Poverty Rate
13.2%
Labor force participation
59.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2727.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
468.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2259.3
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
65.7°F
Annual Precipitation
42.1"
Annual Snowfall
0.4"
Schools
Total Schools
12
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Corsicana's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
25,142 residents
2021
25,541 residents
2022
25,628 residents
2023
25,711 residents
2024
25,588 residents
2025
25,487 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
83
housing units authorized
Single-Family
83
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
48
32
16
$8.1M
2020
59
41
18
$10.1M
2021
69
57
12
$13.6M
2022
142
142
0
$36.4M
2023
54
51
3
$12.9M
2024
83
83
0
$16.0M
Permit volume increased 73% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.1 minutes
Drive Alone
80.6%
Carpool
12.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
4.0%
Other
0.6%
Based on 10,873 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 Corsicana. 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 Corsicana 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 Corsicana sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Corsicana 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.