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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-LACKLAND-AFB-TX · Lackland AFB, TX 6,650 pop · income 83rd 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 Lackland AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lackland AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Keene · lowest
50,796
Keene · lowest
50,796 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #1
Wales · near
110,804
Wales · near
110,804 median HH income
87.1% of the leader · rank #2
Monroe · near
110,806
Monroe · near
110,806 median HH income
87.1% of the leader · rank #3
Lackland AFB · this city
110,833
Lackland AFB · this city
110,833 median HH income
87.1% of the leader · rank #4
Loretto · near
110,833
Loretto · near
110,833 median HH income
87.1% of the leader · rank #5
Lake Meade · near
110,833
Lake Meade · near
110,833 median HH income
87.1% of the leader · rank #6
Forest Glen · highest
127,196
Forest Glen · highest
127,196 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 Lackland AFB 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: 6,650.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Lackland AFB lands in the 83rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
83rd
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: Lackland AFB, TX
Texas's Lackland AFB is a small town, with 6,650 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $110,833 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.1%. The median resident age is 21.1 years. About 43.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 18.1% 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. 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. Commute times here average 6.2 minutes, with 15.7% driving alone and 41.6% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Lackland AFB'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 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 Lackland AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Lackland AFB?
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.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Aubrey (6,637 residents, $100,596 income); Burnet (6,630 residents, $88,000 income); Willis (6,693 residents, $53,182 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Forest Glen, MD (6,650 residents); Bridgewater, VA (6,650 residents); Ontario, OH (6,649 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 Lackland AFB?
Working from home is the largest reported mode at 41.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 6.2 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. 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.
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.
Household income A-
$110,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B+
43.0%
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Lackland AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $110,833
Poverty rate: 78/100 (B+) · 3.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.0%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
How does Lackland AFB compare to other US cities?
Where Lackland AFB sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income83% 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 Lackland AFB 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 Lackland AFB near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lackland AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lackland AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#187 of 1,520
88th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,267 of 1,663
23rd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#190 of 1,663
89th 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
83rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$110,833Lackland AFB, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lackland AFB, 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 Lackland AFB, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)18.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,650
Median Income
$110,833
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
21.1
Poverty Rate
3.1%
Labor force participation
18.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
6.2 minutes
Drive Alone
15.7%
Carpool
2.6%
Public Transit
3.0%
Walk
36.4%
Work from Home
41.6%
Other
0.7%
Based on 5,750 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 Lackland AFB. 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 Lackland AFB 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 Lackland AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lackland AFB 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.