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SheetTX-MIDLAND-TX · Midland, TX 133,998 pop · income 72nd pct · 37 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 Midland
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Midland on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Waco · lowest
51,468
Waco · lowest
51,468 median HH income
45.8% of the leader · rank #1
Lemmon Valley · near
91,132
Lemmon Valley · near
91,132 median HH income
81.0% of the leader · rank #2
Brewerton · near
91,164
Brewerton · near
91,164 median HH income
81.1% of the leader · rank #3
Midland · this city
91,169
Midland · this city
91,169 median HH income
81.1% of the leader · rank #4
Grandyle · near
91,178
Grandyle · near
91,178 median HH income
81.1% of the leader · rank #5
Bordentown · near
91,208
Bordentown · near
91,208 median HH income
81.1% of the leader · rank #6
Pearland · highest
112,470
Pearland · highest
112,470 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 Midland 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: 133,998.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Midland - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Midland places in the 72nd percentile for household income and the 33rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
72nd
percentile, household income
65th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
33rd
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: Midland, TX
Texas's Midland is a mid-sized U.S. city, with 133,998 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Midland report a median income of $91,169 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.9%. Typical homes in Midland are valued around $298,600, and the median resident age is 31.6 years. About 33.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 67.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 1,504 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Growing), up 17% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 1977.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 65.0°F with 13.6 inches of precipitation per year and 1.9 inches of snowfall.
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. 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. The average commute for Midland workers runs 18.7 minutes, with 79.9% driving alone and 5.6% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Midland'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 within-city variation to schools and households to work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Midland, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Within-city variation
What can 37 Census tracts reveal inside Midland?
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.
PlainCities matches 37 Census tracts to this city.
The NCES join finds 49 public schools within the city match. 33.7% 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.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Midland?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.7 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Midland?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Carrollton (132,741 residents, $99,115 income); Lewisville (128,313 residents, $85,002 income); Abilene (127,130 residents, $62,720 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Coral Springs, FL (133,962 residents); Sterling Heights, MI (133,473 residents); Kent, WA (135,015 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.
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.
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 Midland?
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.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1977.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 13% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1612.2
Violent rate
364.9
Total reported rate
1977.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 65.0°F, with 13.6 inches of precipitation and 1.9 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.
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.
Mean temperature
65.0°F
Annual precipitation
13.6 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
49.0
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
How far does income reach against housing in Midland?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Household income
$91,169
Home value
$298,600
Value / income
3.3×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +14,368 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +10.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1,504 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+10.8%
2025 estimate
147,615
2020 estimate
133,247
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above median income · poverty 8.9% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
C-
City profile score · Midland, TX
51/100
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.
Household income B
$91,169
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C+
33.7%
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.
Poverty rate D
8.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
365 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Midland profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $91,169
Bachelor's+ share: 64/100 (C+) · 33.7%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 44/100 (D) · 8.9%
Violent crime: 24/100 (F) · 365 /100k
Where Midland sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Midland'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 - Midland highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Midland, TX (this city): home $298,600, crime 1,977/100k
Coral Springs, FL : home $502,700, crime 1,230/100k
Sterling Heights, MI : home $260,700, crime 1,272/100k
Kent, WA : home $537,500, crime 4,261/100k
New Haven, CT : home $249,000, crime 4,122/100k
Stamford, CT : home $614,300, crime 1,383/100k
Elizabeth, NJ : home $393,500, crime 3,066/100k
Carrollton, TX : home $353,600, crime 1,453/100k
Lewisville, TX : home $350,200, crime 1,705/100k
Abilene, TX : home $178,900, crime 2,188/100k
Waco, TX : home $199,600, crime 2,552/100k
Pearland, TX : home $330,900, crime 1,536/100k
Round Rock, TX : home $383,700, crime 2,071/100k
How does Midland compare to other US cities?
Here's how Midland stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value65% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety33% 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, Midland ranks #450 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 Midland 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 Midland near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Midland ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Midland only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#320 of 1,520
79th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#266 of 1,505
82nd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#814 of 1,663
51st percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#312 of 1,663
81st 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
72nd percentile nationally for median household income · 33rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Midland's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Midland'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 Midland's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$298,60035th percentilemore affordable than 35% 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
Midland's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,001 of 15,516
More affordable than 48% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#160 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 3.3×, Midland sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,001 of 15,516 and #160 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
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
$91,169Midland, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Midland, 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 Midland, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)33.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
133,998
Median Income
$91,169
Median Home Value
$298,600
Median Age
31.6
Poverty Rate
8.9%
Labor force participation
67.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
33.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1977.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
364.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1612.2
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
65.0°F
Annual Precipitation
13.6"
Annual Snowfall
1.9"
Schools
Total Schools
49
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Midland's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
133,247 residents
2021
131,981 residents
2022
135,355 residents
2023
139,801 residents
2024
144,194 residents
2025
147,615 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
1,504
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1,504
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
11.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1,290
1,290
0
$210.0M
2020
1,289
1,289
0
$178.7M
2021
858
858
0
$174.7M
2022
593
593
0
$142.6M
2023
805
805
0
$203.5M
2024
1,504
1,504
0
$302.5M
Permit volume increased 17% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.7 minutes
Drive Alone
79.9%
Carpool
12.2%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
5.6%
Other
1.2%
Based on 65,375 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 Midland. 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 Midland 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 Midland sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Midland 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, 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.