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SheetTX-MCLENDON-CHISHOLM-TX · McLendon-Chisholm, TX 4,121 pop · income 98th 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 McLendon-Chisholm
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest McLendon-Chisholm on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Walhalla · lowest
42,696
Walhalla · lowest
42,696 median HH income
21.7% of the leader · rank #1
Carnelian Bay · near
196,250
Carnelian Bay · near
196,250 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Packanack Lake · near
196,343
Packanack Lake · near
196,343 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
McLendon-Chis… · this city
196,458
McLendon-Chis… · this city
196,458 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Woodway · near
196,500
Woodway · near
196,500 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Sleepy Hollow · highest
196,630
Sleepy Hollow · highest
196,630 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 McLendon-Chisholm 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: 4,121.
Nationally, McLendon-Chisholm sits in the 98th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
98th
percentile, household income
89th
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: McLendon-Chisholm, TX
McLendon-Chisholm is a small town in Texas, home to 4,121 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in McLendon-Chisholm report a median income of $196,458 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in McLendon-Chisholm are valued around $604,400, and the median resident age is 40.9 years. 48.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 73.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 124 residential building permits were authorized in McLendon-Chisholm (Growing), up 5% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
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. 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 McLendon-Chisholm'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 population change to housing and income to 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 McLendon-Chisholm, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is McLendon-Chisholm growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,966 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +53.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 124 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.
How far does income reach against housing in McLendon-Chisholm?
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 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for McLendon-Chisholm?
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 Friona (4,116 residents, $72,882 income); Dimmitt (4,143 residents, $66,250 income); Jacksboro (4,151 residents, $45,625 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Walhalla, SC (4,121 residents); Wellsville, UT (4,120 residents); Hawaiian Acres, HI (4,123 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 McLendon-Chisholm?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.1%. 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. 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
A
City profile score · McLendon-Chisholm, TX
85/100
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.
Household income A+
$196,458
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.6%
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).
McLendon-Chisholm profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $196,458
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 48.6%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
How does McLendon-Chisholm compare to other US cities?
Here's how McLendon-Chisholm stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income98% higher than other cities
Home value89% 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 McLendon-Chisholm 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 McLendon-Chisholm near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, McLendon-Chisholm ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares McLendon-Chisholm only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#26 of 1,520
98th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#54 of 1,505
96th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,440 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#144 of 1,663
91st 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
98th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How McLendon-Chisholm's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$604,40011th percentilemore affordable than 11% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,083 of 15,516
More affordable than 54% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,927 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1×, McLendon-Chisholm sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,083 of 15,516 and #5,927 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$196,458McLendon-Chisholm, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context McLendon-Chisholm, 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 McLendon-Chisholm, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,121
Median Income
$196,458
Median Home Value
$604,400
Median Age
40.9
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
73.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.6%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
McLendon-Chisholm's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,663 residents
2021
4,211 residents
2022
4,440 residents
2023
4,961 residents
2024
5,285 residents
2025
5,629 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
124
housing units authorized
Single-Family
124
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
30.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
118
118
0
$37.7M
2020
180
180
0
$63.8M
2021
99
99
0
$52.0M
2022
151
151
0
$86.6M
2023
104
104
0
$62.9M
2024
124
124
0
$65.4M
Permit volume increased 5% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.1%
Carpool
4.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
21.0%
Based on 2,246 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 McLendon-Chisholm. 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 McLendon-Chisholm 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 McLendon-Chisholm sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How McLendon-Chisholm 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 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.