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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-LOCKHART-TX · Lockhart, TX 14,708 pop · income 46th pct · 11 tracts
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 Lockhart
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lockhart on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Deming · lowest
35,920
Deming · lowest
35,920 median HH income
14.4% of the leader · rank #1
DeMotte · near
67,244
DeMotte · near
67,244 median HH income
26.9% of the leader · rank #2
Bliss · near
67,250
Bliss · near
67,250 median HH income
26.9% of the leader · rank #3
Whitewood · near
67,250
Whitewood · near
67,250 median HH income
26.9% of the leader · rank #4
Lockhart · this city
67,252
Lockhart · this city
67,252 median HH income
26.9% of the leader · rank #5
Monroe · near
67,265
Monroe · near
67,265 median HH income
26.9% of the leader · rank #6
West Universi… · highest
250,001
West Universi… · highest
250,001 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 Lockhart 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: 14,708.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Lockhart - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Lockhart places in the 46th percentile for household income and the 40th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
46th
percentile, household income
48th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
40th
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: Lockhart, TX
Texas's Lockhart is a small town, with 14,708 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Lockhart brings in $67,252 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.3%. Home values in Lockhart run a median of $218,400, and the median resident age is 37.7 years. Educational attainment runs 16.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 56.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 259 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 354% from five years earlier. Lockhart reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1705.6 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). The average commute for Lockhart workers runs 26.3 minutes, with 82.4% driving alone and 7.6% working from home. 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 Lockhart'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 reported crime to work and mobility to within-city variation to population change to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lockhart, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Lockhart?
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 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lockhart?
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 Hereford (14,874 residents, $51,799 income); West University Place (14,907 residents, $250,000+ income); Dumas (14,362 residents, $62,129 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hickory Hills, IL (14,718 residents); Ramsey, NJ (14,722 residents); Alexander City, AL (14,686 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 can the FBI record say about safety in Lockhart?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1705.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 25% 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.
PlainCities matches 11 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
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 Lockhart?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.3 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.
Drive alone
82.4%
Work from home
7.6%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 6,637 workers age 16+.
Is Lockhart growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,785 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +26.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 259 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.
2020 estimate
14,374
2025 estimate
18,159
Period change
+26.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 10 public schools within the city match. 16.7% 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.
Poverty estimate
9.3%
Bachelor's degree+
16.7%
Matched public schools
10
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 9.3% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
D
City profile score · Lockhart, TX
44/100
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.
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 C-
185 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income D
$67,252
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Lockhart profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Violent crime: 50/100 (C-) · 185 /100k
Household income: 45/100 (D) · $67,252
Poverty rate: 42/100 (D) · 9.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 25/100 (F) · 16.7%
Where Lockhart sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Lockhart'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 - Lockhart highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Lockhart, TX (this city): home $218,400, crime 1,706/100k
Hickory Hills, IL : home $278,400, crime 1,124/100k
Ramsey, NJ : home $665,700, crime 1,033/100k
Alexander City, AL : home $135,900, crime 4,612/100k
Cedar Lake, IN : home $259,900, crime 328/100k
Glens Falls, NY : home $195,800, crime 819/100k
Hereford, TX : home $109,100, crime 1,123/100k
West University Place, TX : home $1,406,600, crime 1,046/100k
Dumas, TX : home $151,400, crime 1,755/100k
Mineral Wells, TX : home $146,100, crime 3,019/100k
Hidalgo, TX : home $156,400, crime 1,590/100k
Jacksonville, TX : home $120,800, crime 2,295/100k
How does Lockhart compare to other US cities?
Here's how Lockhart stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income46% higher than other cities
Home value48% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety40% 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, Lockhart ranks #394 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 Lockhart 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 Lockhart near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lockhart ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lockhart only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#661 of 1,520
57th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#495 of 1,505
67th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#789 of 1,663
52nd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#847 of 1,663
49th 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
46th percentile nationally for median household income · 40th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Lockhart's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Lockhart'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 Lockhart's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$218,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 52% 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
Lockhart's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,903 of 15,516
More affordable than 49% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,231 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.2×, Lockhart sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,903 of 15,516 and #1,231 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
$67,252Lockhart, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lockhart, 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 Lockhart, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
14,708
Median Income
$67,252
Median Home Value
$218,400
Median Age
37.7
Poverty Rate
9.3%
Labor force participation
56.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1705.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
185.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1520.4
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.
Schools
Total Schools
10
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Lockhart's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
14,374 residents
2021
14,700 residents
2022
15,005 residents
2023
15,538 residents
2024
17,356 residents
2025
18,159 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
259
housing units authorized
Single-Family
253
detached homes
Multifamily
6
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
17.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
57
51
6
$11.0M
2020
154
96
58
$25.4M
2021
222
98
124
$34.0M
2022
49
14
35
$6.6M
2023
729
583
146
$170.8M
2024
259
253
6
$77.3M
Permit volume increased 354% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.3 minutes
Drive Alone
82.4%
Carpool
7.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
7.6%
Other
1.6%
Based on 6,637 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 Lockhart. 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 Lockhart 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 Lockhart sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lockhart 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.