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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-HOLLY-LAKE-RANCH-TX · Holly Lake Ranch, TX 2,821 pop · income 59th 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 Holly Lake Ranch
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Holly Lake Ranch on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Donalsonville · lowest
42,393
Donalsonville · lowest
42,393 median HH income
34.2% of the leader · rank #1
Seven Corners · near
77,234
Seven Corners · near
77,234 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #2
Mimbres · near
77,244
Mimbres · near
77,244 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #3
Holly Lake Ra… · this city
77,245
Holly Lake Ra… · this city
77,245 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #4
Doniphan · near
77,250
Doniphan · near
77,250 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #5
North Freedom · near
77,250
North Freedom · near
77,250 median HH income
62.4% of the leader · rank #6
New Britain · highest
123,819
New Britain · highest
123,819 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 Holly Lake Ranch 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: 2,821.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Holly Lake Ranch places in the 59th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
59th
percentile, household income
53rd
percentile, home value
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: Holly Lake Ranch, TX
Holly Lake Ranch is a small town in Texas, home to 2,821 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $77,245 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.6%. Typical homes in Holly Lake Ranch are valued around $239,400, and the median resident age is 63.3 years. Educational attainment runs 48.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 29.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Holly Lake Ranch'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Holly Lake Ranch, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Holly Lake Ranch?
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 6.6%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Holly Lake Ranch?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Roman Forest (2,832 residents, $120,313 income); Spearman (2,809 residents, $66,903 income); Rancho Viejo (2,834 residents, $83,512 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sibley, IA (2,821 residents); Santa Claus, IN (2,822 residents); New Britain, PA (2,822 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Holly Lake Ranch?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 6.6% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
C+
City profile score · Holly Lake Ranch, TX
60/100
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 A-
48.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$77,245
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better 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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Holly Lake Ranch profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) · 48.4%
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $77,245
Poverty rate: 55/100 (C) · 6.6%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
How does Holly Lake Ranch compare to other US cities?
Here's how Holly Lake Ranch stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income59% higher than other cities
Home value53% pricier 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 Holly Lake Ranch 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 Holly Lake Ranch near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Holly Lake Ranch ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Holly Lake Ranch only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#472 of 1,520
69th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#421 of 1,505
72nd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#979 of 1,663
41st percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#145 of 1,663
91st 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
59th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Holly Lake Ranch's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$239,40047th percentilemore affordable than 47% 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
Holly Lake Ranch'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
#7,187 of 15,516
More affordable than 54% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,997 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1×, Holly Lake Ranch sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,187 of 15,516 and #5,997 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
$77,245Holly Lake Ranch, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Holly Lake Ranch, 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 Holly Lake Ranch, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)29.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,821
Median Income
$77,245
Median Home Value
$239,400
Median Age
63.3
Poverty Rate
6.6%
Labor force participation
29.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.1%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
29.9%
Based on 728 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 Holly Lake Ranch. 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 Holly Lake Ranch 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 Holly Lake Ranch sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Holly Lake Ranch 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.