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SheetTX-HICKORY-CREEK-TX · Hickory Creek, TX 5,161 pop · income 93rd 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 Hickory Creek
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hickory Creek on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Doffing · lowest
26,525
Doffing · lowest
26,525 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #1
Carver · near
144,408
Carver · near
144,408 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Greentree · near
144,426
Greentree · near
144,426 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Hickory Creek · this city
144,434
Hickory Creek · this city
144,434 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Bala Cynwyd · near
144,453
Bala Cynwyd · near
144,453 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Shrewsbury · near
144,500
Shrewsbury · near
144,500 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
San Antonio H… · highest
144,509
San Antonio H… · highest
144,509 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 Hickory Creek 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: 5,161.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Hickory Creek - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Hickory Creek lands in the 93rd percentile for household income and the 67th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
93rd
percentile, household income
85th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
67th
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: Hickory Creek, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 5,161 residents in Hickory Creek, a small town within Texas. The typical household in Hickory Creek brings in $144,434 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in Hickory Creek are valued around $510,100, and the median resident age is 38.3 years. About 50.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 83.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 3 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 95% from five years earlier. Hickory Creek reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 927.9 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,149 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Hickory Creek'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hickory Creek, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Hickory Creek growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +2,106 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +44.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Hickory Creek?
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 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hickory Creek?
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 Breckenridge (5,182 residents, $46,989 income); Doffing (5,126 residents, $26,525 income); Center (5,198 residents, $50,731 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Berlin, MD (5,161 residents); Calistoga, CA (5,159 residents); Camilla, GA (5,158 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 does the journey to work look like in Hickory Creek?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.1%. 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.
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 Hickory Creek?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 927.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 59% 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.
Total reported rate
927.9
Violent rate
99.4
Property rate
828.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
A-
City profile score · Hickory Creek, TX
81/100
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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A+
$144,434
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A-
50.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B
99 /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.
Hickory Creek profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 94/100 (A+) · $144,434
Bachelor's+ share: 84/100 (A-) · 50.3%
Violent crime: 71/100 (B) · 99 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Where Hickory Creek sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Hickory Creek'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 - Hickory Creek highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Hickory Creek, TX (this city): home $510,100, crime 928/100k
Berlin, MD : home $345,100, crime 974/100k
Calistoga, CA : home $702,700, crime 1,359/100k
Camilla, GA : home $74,400, crime 1,679/100k
Bangor, PA : home $167,100, crime 1,135/100k
Smithville, TN : home $153,500, crime 1,650/100k
Breckenridge, TX : home $76,400, crime 1,912/100k
Center, TX : home $152,000, crime 2,950/100k
Nassau Bay, TX : home $339,400, crime 1,705/100k
Brady, TX : home $102,900, crime 1,096/100k
Port Isabel, TX : home $120,900, crime 4,194/100k
How does Hickory Creek compare to other US cities?
Here's how Hickory Creek stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value85% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety67% 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, Hickory Creek ranks #208 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 Hickory Creek 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 Hickory Creek near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hickory Creek ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hickory Creek only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#82 of 1,520
95th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#76 of 1,505
95th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,440 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#131 of 1,663
92nd 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
93rd percentile nationally for median household income · 67th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Hickory Creek's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Hickory Creek'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 Hickory Creek's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$510,10015th percentilemore affordable than 15% 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
Hickory Creek'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
#9,103 of 15,516
More affordable than 41% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,330 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.5×, Hickory Creek sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,103 of 15,516 and #7,330 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$144,434Hickory Creek, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hickory Creek, 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 Hickory Creek, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)83.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,161
Median Income
$144,434
Median Home Value
$510,100
Median Age
38.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
83.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
50.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
927.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
99.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
828.5
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.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hickory Creek's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,769 residents
2021
5,275 residents
2022
5,435 residents
2023
5,738 residents
2024
6,914 residents
2025
6,875 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
63
63
0
$17.3M
2020
206
206
0
$48.2M
2021
64
64
0
$15.0M
2022
130
128
2
$38.3M
2023
481
121
360
$90.2M
2024
3
3
0
$0.9M
Permit volume decreased 95% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.1%
Carpool
2.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.9%
Other
9.7%
Based on 3,406 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 Hickory Creek. 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 Hickory Creek 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 Hickory Creek sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hickory Creek 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, 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.