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SheetTX-HORIZON-CITY-TX · Horizon City, TX 23,069 pop · income 44th 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 Horizon City
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Horizon City on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Trotwood · lowest
49,082
Trotwood · lowest
49,082 median HH income
38.0% of the leader · rank #1
Fallon · near
65,699
Fallon · near
65,699 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #2
Horizon City · this city
65,702
Horizon City · this city
65,702 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #3
Utica · near
65,703
Utica · near
65,703 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #4
Rio · near
65,703
Rio · near
65,703 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #5
Waverly · near
65,703
Waverly · near
65,703 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #6
Kapolei · highest
129,260
Kapolei · highest
129,260 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 Horizon City 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: 23,069.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Horizon City - the verdict
Nationally, Horizon City sits in the 44th percentile for household income and the 75th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
44th
percentile, household income
28th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
75th
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: Horizon City, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 23,069 residents in Horizon City, a small city within Texas. Horizon City households earn a median of $65,702 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 21.4%. Home values in Horizon City run a median of $154,200, and the median resident age is 31.3 years. Educational attainment runs 22.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 60.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 168 residential building permits were authorized in Horizon City (Construction Slowdown), down 28% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Horizon City reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 740.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than 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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Horizon City'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 reported crime to population change to work and mobility to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Horizon City, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Horizon City?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 21.4%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Horizon City?
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 740.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 68% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Is Horizon City 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 +2,501 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +11.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 168 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Horizon City?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Corinth (22,868 residents, $118,949 income); Watauga (23,336 residents, $91,669 income); Marshall (23,646 residents, $49,817 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hazel Dell, WA (23,086 residents); Trotwood, OH (23,041 residents); Ensley, FL (23,036 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.
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 Horizon City?
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 74.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
9.4%
Drive alone
74.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 9,774 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Horizon City?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 22.5% 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 matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Matched public schools
2
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%
Poverty estimate
21.4%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 21.4% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
D
City profile score · Horizon City, TX
45/100
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 B
85 /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.
Household income D
$65,702
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
21.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Horizon City profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 74/100 (B) · 85 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 43/100 (D) · $65,702
Bachelor's+ share: 42/100 (D) · 22.5%
Poverty rate: 11/100 (F) · 21.4%
Where Horizon City sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Horizon City'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 - Horizon City highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Horizon City, TX (this city): home $154,200, crime 741/100k
Trotwood, OH : home $99,500, crime 3,516/100k
North Platte, NE : home $159,500, crime 2,730/100k
Searcy, AR : home $176,200, crime 2,667/100k
Corinth, TX : home $351,200, crime 740/100k
Watauga, TX : home $233,400, crime 968/100k
Marshall, TX : home $133,000, crime 1,919/100k
Belton, TX : home $252,000, crime 2,036/100k
Katy, TX : home $376,800, crime 3,480/100k
How does Horizon City compare to other US cities?
Horizon City measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income44% higher than other cities
Home value28% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety75% 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, Horizon City ranks #161 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 Horizon City 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 Horizon City near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Horizon City ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Horizon City only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#697 of 1,520
54th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#784 of 1,505
48th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#295 of 1,663
82nd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#581 of 1,663
65th 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
44th percentile nationally for median household income · 75th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Horizon City's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Horizon City'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 Horizon City's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$154,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 72% 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
Horizon City's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,208 of 15,516
More affordable than 79% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#242 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.3×, Horizon City sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,208 of 15,516 and #242 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$65,702Horizon City, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Horizon City, 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 Horizon City, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)21.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
23,069
Median Income
$65,702
Median Home Value
$154,200
Median Age
31.3
Poverty Rate
21.4%
Labor force participation
60.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
740.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
85.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
655.8
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.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Horizon City's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
22,617 residents
2021
23,131 residents
2022
23,316 residents
2023
24,225 residents
2024
24,813 residents
2025
25,118 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
168
housing units authorized
Single-Family
168
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
234
234
0
$49.0M
2020
210
210
0
$49.2M
2021
108
108
0
$25.8M
2022
299
299
0
$75.0M
2023
193
193
0
$54.0M
2024
168
168
0
$47.6M
Permit volume decreased 28% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.6%
Carpool
15.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.2%
Work from Home
9.4%
Based on 9,774 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 Horizon City. 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 Horizon City 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 Horizon City sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Horizon City 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, 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.