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SheetTX-NASSAU-BAY-TX · Nassau Bay, TX 5,211 pop · income 59th 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 Nassau Bay
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Nassau Bay on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Sayre · lowest
41,813
Sayre · lowest
41,813 median HH income
28.9% of the leader · rank #1
Pleasant Run… · near
78,053
Pleasant Run… · near
78,053 median HH income
54.0% of the leader · rank #2
Livingston · near
78,056
Livingston · near
78,056 median HH income
54.0% of the leader · rank #3
Nassau Bay · this city
78,057
Nassau Bay · this city
78,057 median HH income
54.0% of the leader · rank #4
Calumet · near
78,059
Calumet · near
78,059 median HH income
54.0% of the leader · rank #5
South Rockwood · near
78,063
South Rockwood · near
78,063 median HH income
54.0% of the leader · rank #6
Hickory Creek · highest
144,434
Hickory Creek · highest
144,434 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 Nassau Bay 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: 5,211.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Nassau Bay - the verdict
Nationally, Nassau Bay sits in the 59th percentile for household income and the 40th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
59th
percentile, household income
70th
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: Nassau Bay, TX
5,211 people live in Nassau Bay, Texas - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Nassau Bay report a median income of $78,057 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.3%. Nassau Bay's housing stock carries a median value of $339,400, and the median resident age is 45.8 years. Educational attainment runs 46.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 63.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 14 residential building permits were authorized in Nassau Bay (Low Activity), per Census BPS data. Nassau Bay reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1704.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). 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 Nassau Bay'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 work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Nassau Bay, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Nassau Bay?
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 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Nassau Bay?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.9%. 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Nassau Bay?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1704.7 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Nassau Bay?
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 Brady (5,215 residents, $44,163 income); Center (5,198 residents, $50,731 income); Sandy Oaks (5,227 residents, $51,433 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pleasant Run, OH (5,211 residents); Porter, IN (5,208 residents); Chadron, NE (5,207 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.
Population change
Is Nassau Bay growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -113 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 14 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 downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
2020 estimate
5,323
2025 estimate
5,210
Period change
-2.1%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above median income · poverty 6.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
C-
City profile score · Nassau Bay, TX
52/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A-
46.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$78,057
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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 F
476 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Nassau Bay profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 81/100 (A-) · 46.4%
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $78,057
Poverty rate: 57/100 (C) · 6.3%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Violent crime: 17/100 (F) · 476 /100k
Where Nassau Bay sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Nassau Bay'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 - Nassau Bay highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Nassau Bay, TX (this city): home $339,400, crime 1,705/100k
Porter, IN : home $259,700, crime 211/100k
Chadron, NE : home $153,300, crime 2,123/100k
Sayre, OK : home $77,800, crime 772/100k
Brady, TX : home $102,900, crime 1,096/100k
Center, TX : home $152,000, crime 2,950/100k
Breckenridge, TX : home $76,400, crime 1,912/100k
Granite Shoals, TX : home $194,500, crime 396/100k
Hickory Creek, TX : home $510,100, crime 928/100k
How does Nassau Bay compare to other US cities?
Here's how Nassau Bay stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income59% higher than other cities
Home value70% 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.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: Nassau Bay ranks #393 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Nassau Bay 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 Nassau Bay near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Nassau Bay ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Nassau Bay only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#459 of 1,520
70th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#200 of 1,505
87th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,004 of 1,663
39th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#166 of 1,663
90th 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
59th percentile nationally for median household income · 40th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Nassau Bay's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Nassau Bay'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 Nassau Bay's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$339,40030th percentilemore affordable than 30% 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
Nassau Bay's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,647 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,960 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Nassau Bay sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,647 of 15,516 and #8,960 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
$78,057Nassau Bay, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Nassau Bay, 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 Nassau Bay, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,211
Median Income
$78,057
Median Home Value
$339,400
Median Age
45.8
Poverty Rate
6.3%
Labor force participation
63.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
46.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1704.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
475.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1228.9
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
Nassau Bay's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,323 residents
2021
5,221 residents
2022
5,199 residents
2023
5,182 residents
2024
5,219 residents
2025
5,210 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
14
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
11
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
3
3
0
$1.1M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
2
2
0
$1.5M
2023
15
4
11
$2.7M
2024
14
3
11
$2.7M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.9%
Carpool
9.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
8.0%
Work from Home
11.8%
Based on 2,715 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 Nassau Bay. 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 Nassau Bay 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 Nassau Bay sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Nassau Bay 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.