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SheetTX-MCGREGOR-TX · McGregor, TX 5,608 pop · income 37th 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 McGregor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest McGregor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Leesville · lowest
38,292
Leesville · lowest
38,292 median HH income
28.8% of the leader · rank #1
Harbour Heigh… · near
60,885
Harbour Heigh… · near
60,885 median HH income
45.9% of the leader · rank #2
McGregor · this city
60,889
McGregor · this city
60,889 median HH income
45.9% of the leader · rank #3
Homosassa · near
60,889
Homosassa · near
60,889 median HH income
45.9% of the leader · rank #4
Cairo · near
60,893
Cairo · near
60,893 median HH income
45.9% of the leader · rank #5
Leetonia · near
60,893
Leetonia · near
60,893 median HH income
45.9% of the leader · rank #6
Lavon · highest
132,778
Lavon · highest
132,778 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 McGregor 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: 5,608.
Nationally, McGregor sits in the 37th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
37th
percentile, household income
26th
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: McGregor, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 5,608 residents in McGregor, a small town within Texas. McGregor households earn a median of $60,889 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 14.1%. Home values in McGregor run a median of $146,000, and the median resident age is 31.7 years. 13.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 58.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 102 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 100% from five years earlier. The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 65.4°F with 38.1 inches of precipitation per year and 0.1 inches of snowfall.
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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,149 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 McGregor'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 work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households to climate and hazard context to population change to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For McGregor, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in McGregor?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in McGregor?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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 5 public schools within the city match. 13.3% 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for McGregor?
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 Bowie (5,617 residents, $57,299 income); Lavon (5,624 residents, $132,778 income); Yoakum (5,649 residents, $49,950 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Holtville, CA (5,606 residents); Rancho Murieta, CA (5,606 residents); Leesville, LA (5,610 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.
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.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in McGregor?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 65.4°F, with 38.1 inches of precipitation and 0.1 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Texas is 49.0 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
49.0
Annual precipitation
38.1 in
Mean temperature
65.4°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
Is McGregor growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +982 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +18.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 102 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
5,423
2025 estimate
6,405
Period change
+18.1%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 14.1% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · McGregor, TX
33/100
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.
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
$60,889
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
14.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
13.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
McGregor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 36/100 (F) · $60,889
Poverty rate: 24/100 (F) · 14.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 15/100 (F) · 13.3%
How does McGregor compare to other US cities?
Where McGregor sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income37% higher than other cities
Home value26% 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 McGregor 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 McGregor near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, McGregor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares McGregor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#826 of 1,520
46th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#828 of 1,505
45th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#542 of 1,663
67th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,062 of 1,663
36th 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
37th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How McGregor's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$146,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 74% 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
McGregor's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,476 of 15,516
More affordable than 78% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,170 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.4×, McGregor sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,476 of 15,516 and #3,170 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$60,889McGregor, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context McGregor, 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 McGregor, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,608
Median Income
$60,889
Median Home Value
$146,000
Median Age
31.7
Poverty Rate
14.1%
Labor force participation
58.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
13.3%
Climate
Avg Temperature
65.4°F
Annual Precipitation
38.1"
Annual Snowfall
0.1"
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
McGregor's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,423 residents
2021
5,546 residents
2022
5,760 residents
2023
5,978 residents
2024
6,173 residents
2025
6,405 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
102
housing units authorized
Single-Family
42
detached homes
Multifamily
60
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
18.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
51
51
0
$5.2M
2020
72
41
31
$11.1M
2021
85
47
38
$13.0M
2022
96
41
55
$13.4M
2023
102
42
60
$14.1M
2024
102
42
60
$14.1M
Permit volume increased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.4%
Carpool
22.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.7%
Work from Home
8.9%
Based on 2,475 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 McGregor. 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 McGregor 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 McGregor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How McGregor 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.