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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-EAGLE-PASS-TX · Eagle Pass, TX 28,186 pop · income 27th pct · 13 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 Eagle Pass
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Eagle Pass on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Wetumpka · lowest
54,945
Wetumpka · lowest
54,945 median HH income
41.6% of the leader · rank #1
La Pine · near
54,946
La Pine · near
54,946 median HH income
41.6% of the leader · rank #2
Eagle Pass · this city
54,952
Eagle Pass · this city
54,952 median HH income
41.6% of the leader · rank #3
Streator · near
54,953
Streator · near
54,953 median HH income
41.6% of the leader · rank #4
Branson · near
54,961
Branson · near
54,961 median HH income
41.6% of the leader · rank #5
Short Pump · highest
132,194
Short Pump · highest
132,194 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 Eagle Pass 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: 28,186.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Eagle Pass - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Eagle Pass places in the 27th percentile for household income and the 31st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
27th
percentile, household income
41st
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
31st
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: Eagle Pass, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 28,186 residents in Eagle Pass, a small city within Texas. Median household income here is $54,952 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 18.2%. Home values in Eagle Pass run a median of $192,600, and the median resident age is 30.3 years. About 23.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 55.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 77 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Slowing), down 16% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2040.7 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Eagle Pass's yearly average temperature at 70.2°F with 20.8 inches of precipitation per year.
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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Eagle Pass report an average commute of 19.3 minutes, with 83.1% driving alone and 5.1% working from home. 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 Eagle Pass'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 reported crime to schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to population change to housing and income to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Eagle Pass, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Eagle Pass?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2040.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 11% 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.
What does the education layer cover for Eagle Pass?
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 23 public schools within the city match. 23.2% 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Eagle Pass?
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 Forney (28,222 residents, $103,360 income); Lake Jackson (27,902 residents, $89,623 income); Alvin (27,700 residents, $68,769 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Short Pump, VA (28,177 residents); Citrus Park, FL (28,163 residents); Chaska, MN (28,146 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.
What can 13 Census tracts reveal inside Eagle Pass?
PlainCities matches 13 Census tracts to this city.
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.
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.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Eagle Pass?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.3 minutes.
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.
Drive alone
83.1%
Work from home
5.1%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 11,495 workers age 16+.
What physical conditions frame life in Eagle Pass?
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 70.2°F, with 20.8 inches of precipitation. 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
20.8 in
Mean temperature
70.2°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
Is Eagle Pass growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +708 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 77 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.
2020 estimate
28,218
2025 estimate
28,926
Period change
+2.5%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
How far does income reach against housing in Eagle Pass?
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 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 18.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.5×
Home value
$192,600
Household income
$54,952
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 18.2% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Eagle Pass, TX
39/100
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.
Violent crime C
152 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
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.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$54,952
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
18.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Eagle Pass profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 58/100 (C) · 152 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 44/100 (D) · 23.2%
Household income: 27/100 (F) · $54,952
Poverty rate: 17/100 (F) · 18.2%
Where Eagle Pass sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Eagle Pass'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 - Eagle Pass highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Eagle Pass, TX (this city): home $192,600, crime 2,041/100k
Chaska, MN : home $379,400, crime 720/100k
Ridgecrest, CA : home $235,800, crime 1,750/100k
Allen Park, MI : home $174,500, crime 1,990/100k
Forney, TX : home $323,500, crime 808/100k
Lake Jackson, TX : home $248,900, crime 2,000/100k
Alvin, TX : home $212,500, crime 1,863/100k
Converse, TX : home $240,100, crime 1,873/100k
Sachse, TX : home $366,100, crime 810/100k
Balch Springs, TX : home $208,200, crime 3,233/100k
How does Eagle Pass compare to other US cities?
Eagle Pass measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income27% higher than other cities
Home value41% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety31% 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, Eagle Pass ranks #462 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 Eagle Pass 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 Eagle Pass near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Eagle Pass ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Eagle Pass only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#994 of 1,520
35th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#585 of 1,505
61st percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#381 of 1,663
77th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#555 of 1,663
66th 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
27th percentile nationally for median household income · 31st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Eagle Pass's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Eagle Pass'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 Eagle Pass's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$192,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 59% 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
Eagle Pass's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,978 of 15,516
More affordable than 42% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,489 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.5×, Eagle Pass sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,978 of 15,516 and #1,489 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
$54,952Eagle Pass, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Eagle Pass, 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 Eagle Pass, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
28,186
Median Income
$54,952
Median Home Value
$192,600
Median Age
30.3
Poverty Rate
18.2%
Labor force participation
55.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2040.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
151.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1888.9
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
70.2°F
Annual Precipitation
20.8"
Annual Snowfall
0.0"
Schools
Total Schools
23
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Eagle Pass's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
28,218 residents
2021
28,187 residents
2022
28,287 residents
2023
28,526 residents
2024
28,789 residents
2025
28,926 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
77
housing units authorized
Single-Family
61
detached homes
Multifamily
16
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
92
88
4
$21.0M
2020
139
121
18
$29.0M
2021
135
126
9
$35.9M
2022
101
79
22
$23.2M
2023
72
62
10
$20.8M
2024
77
61
16
$19.7M
Permit volume decreased 16% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.3 minutes
Drive Alone
83.1%
Carpool
8.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
5.1%
Other
1.3%
Based on 11,495 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 Eagle Pass. 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 Eagle Pass 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 Eagle Pass sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Eagle Pass 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.