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SheetTX-LEON-VALLEY-TX · Leon Valley, TX 11,479 pop · income 32nd 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 Leon Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Leon Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Roma · lowest
27,741
Roma · lowest
27,741 median HH income
29.5% of the leader · rank #1
Troy · near
57,688
Troy · near
57,688 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #2
Leon Valley · this city
57,695
Leon Valley · this city
57,695 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #3
Trimble · near
57,697
Trimble · near
57,697 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #4
Banning · near
57,699
Banning · near
57,699 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #5
Georgetown · near
57,704
Georgetown · near
57,704 median HH income
61.3% of the leader · rank #6
Farmington · highest
94,115
Farmington · highest
94,115 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 Leon Valley 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: 11,479.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Leon Valley - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Leon Valley lands in the 32nd percentile for household income and the 3rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
32nd
percentile, household income
53rd
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
3rd
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: Leon Valley, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 11,479 residents in Leon Valley, a small town within Texas. The typical household in Leon Valley brings in $57,695 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.7%. Leon Valley's housing stock carries a median value of $236,600, and the median resident age is 39.2 years. 32.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 56.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 32 residential building permits were authorized in Leon Valley (Building Boom), up 967% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Leon Valley's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 5572.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, above 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: 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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). Commute times here average 26.2 minutes, with 71.5% driving alone and 6.8% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Leon Valley'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 housing and income to work and mobility to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Leon Valley, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Leon Valley?
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 Town of Pecos (11,485 residents, $56,361 income); Four Corners (11,490 residents, $72,853 income); Roma (11,543 residents, $27,741 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pontiac, IL (11,483 residents); Fort Campbell North, KY (11,483 residents); North Valley, NM (11,474 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Leon Valley?
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Leon Valley?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.2 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. 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.
Is Leon Valley growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +17 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 32 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
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 Leon Valley?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 5572.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 144% higher 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
5572.8
Violent rate
461.4
Property rate
5111.4
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 5.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
D
City profile score · Leon Valley, TX
43/100
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 C+
5.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.0%
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.
Household income F
$57,695
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
461 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Leon Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 61/100 (C+) · 5.7%
Bachelor's+ share: 61/100 (C+) · 32.0%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 31/100 (F) · $57,695
Violent crime: 18/100 (F) · 461 /100k
Where Leon Valley sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Leon Valley'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 - Leon Valley highlighted among 27 peers.Read the chart values
Leon Valley, TX (this city): home $236,600, crime 5,573/100k
Pontiac, IL : home $110,200, crime 1,597/100k
Farmington, MI : home $273,000, crime 441/100k
Kings Mountain, NC : home $177,700, crime 2,914/100k
Roma, TX : home $87,700, crime 944/100k
Port Lavaca, TX : home $121,000, crime 1,557/100k
Snyder, TX : home $102,500, crime 2,332/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Leon Valley compare to other US cities?
Where Leon Valley sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income32% higher than other cities
Home value53% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety3% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Texas alone, Leon Valley ranks #614 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Leon Valley 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 Leon Valley near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Leon Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Leon Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#912 of 1,520
40th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#428 of 1,505
72nd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,056 of 1,663
36th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#346 of 1,663
79th 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
32nd percentile nationally for median household income · 3rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Leon Valley's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Leon Valley'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 Leon Valley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$236,60047th 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
Leon Valley's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,978 of 15,516
More affordable than 29% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,072 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.1×, Leon Valley sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,978 of 15,516 and #2,072 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$57,695Leon Valley, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Leon Valley, 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 Leon Valley, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,479
Median Income
$57,695
Median Home Value
$236,600
Median Age
39.2
Poverty Rate
5.7%
Labor force participation
56.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
5572.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
461.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
5111.4
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
Leon Valley's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
11,546 residents
2021
11,496 residents
2022
11,471 residents
2023
11,436 residents
2024
11,492 residents
2025
11,563 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
32
housing units authorized
Single-Family
32
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
3
3
0
$0.7M
2020
3
3
0
$0.7M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
32
32
0
$9.2M
Permit volume increased 967% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.2 minutes
Drive Alone
71.5%
Carpool
12.8%
Public Transit
2.9%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
6.8%
Other
4.5%
Based on 4,991 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 Leon Valley. 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 Leon Valley 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 Leon Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Leon Valley 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.