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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-FORT-BLISS-TX · Fort Bliss, TX 12,009 pop · income 28th 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 Fort Bliss
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Fort Bliss on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Centralia · lowest
47,308
Centralia · lowest
47,308 median HH income
22.9% of the leader · rank #1
Milford · near
55,265
Milford · near
55,265 median HH income
26.7% of the leader · rank #2
Fort Bliss · this city
55,267
Fort Bliss · this city
55,267 median HH income
26.7% of the leader · rank #3
Ingalls Park · near
55,268
Ingalls Park · near
55,268 median HH income
26.7% of the leader · rank #4
Sylvan Beach · near
55,268
Sylvan Beach · near
55,268 median HH income
26.7% of the leader · rank #5
Buffalo Gap · near
55,268
Buffalo Gap · near
55,268 median HH income
26.7% of the leader · rank #6
Martinsville · highest
206,839
Martinsville · highest
206,839 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Fort Bliss 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: 12,009.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Fort Bliss places in the 28th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
28th
percentile, household income
40th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Fort Bliss, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 12,009 residents in Fort Bliss, a small town within Texas. Median household income here is $55,267 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 15.1%. The median resident age is 21.7 years. About 30.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 15.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Fort Bliss report an average commute of 13.1 minutes, with 61.3% driving alone and 9.4% 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 Fort Bliss'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Fort Bliss, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Fort Bliss?
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 61.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 13.1 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Fort Bliss?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Hornsby Bend (12,021 residents, $88,317 income); Richmond (12,117 residents, $68,564 income); El Campo (12,220 residents, $67,356 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Centralia, IL (12,009 residents); Shady Hills, FL (12,012 residents); Weatherford, OK (12,014 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.
Below median income · poverty 15.1% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Fort Bliss, TX
39/100
4 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 C
30.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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.
Household income F
$55,267
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
15.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Fort Bliss profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.4%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 28/100 (F) · $55,267
Poverty rate: 22/100 (F) · 15.1%
How does Fort Bliss compare to other US cities?
Here's how Fort Bliss stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income28% higher 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 Fort Bliss 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 Fort Bliss near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Fort Bliss ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Fort Bliss only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#992 of 1,520
35th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#496 of 1,663
70th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#375 of 1,663
77th 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
28th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$55,267Fort Bliss, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Fort Bliss, 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 Fort Bliss, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)15.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
12,009
Median Income
$55,267
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
21.7
Poverty Rate
15.1%
Labor force participation
15.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
13.1 minutes
Drive Alone
61.3%
Carpool
6.8%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
20.9%
Work from Home
9.4%
Other
1.0%
Based on 5,693 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 Fort Bliss. 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 Fort Bliss 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 Fort Bliss sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Fort Bliss 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, 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.