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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-NEW-FAIRVIEW-TX · New Fairview, TX 1,521 pop · income 71st 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 New Fairview
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest New Fairview on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Quinlan · lowest
41,450
Quinlan · lowest
41,450 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #1
New Fairview · this city
89,531
New Fairview · this city
89,531 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #2
Tahoma · near
89,531
Tahoma · near
89,531 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #3
Benton · near
89,531
Benton · near
89,531 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #4
Yutan · near
89,531
Yutan · near
89,531 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #5
Freeport · near
89,540
Freeport · near
89,540 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #6
Los Ranchos · highest
146,667
Los Ranchos · highest
146,667 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 New Fairview 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: 1,521.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, New Fairview lands in the 71st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
71st
percentile, household income
54th
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: New Fairview, TX
Texas's New Fairview is a small town, with 1,521 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in New Fairview report a median income of $89,531 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 16.9%. Home values in New Fairview run a median of $240,600, and the median resident age is 29.6 years. Educational attainment runs 11.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 70.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 New Fairview'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 population change to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For New Fairview, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; 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 New Fairview?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.1%. 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. 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 New Fairview?
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 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 16.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is New Fairview growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +307 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +22.6% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for New Fairview?
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 Gardendale (1,520 residents, $96,974 income); Runaway Bay (1,522 residents, $83,333 income); Coahoma (1,519 residents, $120,938 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Los Ranchos, CA (1,521 residents); Stockton, KS (1,521 residents); Edgard, LA (1,521 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.
Above median income · poverty 16.9% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
D
City profile score · New Fairview, TX
41/100
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 B-
$89,531
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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 F
16.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.0%
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).
New Fairview profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 69/100 (B-) · $89,531
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 19/100 (F) · 16.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 9/100 (F) · 11.0%
How does New Fairview compare to other US cities?
New Fairview measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income71% higher than other cities
Home value54% 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 New Fairview 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 New Fairview near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, New Fairview ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares New Fairview only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#335 of 1,520
78th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#416 of 1,505
72nd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#420 of 1,663
75th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,208 of 1,663
27th 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
71st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How New Fairview's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$240,60046th percentilemore affordable than 46% 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
New Fairview's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,969 of 15,516
More affordable than 68% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,372 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.7×, New Fairview sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,969 of 15,516 and #4,372 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
$89,531New Fairview, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context New Fairview, 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 New Fairview, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)16.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,521
Median Income
$89,531
Median Home Value
$240,600
Median Age
29.6
Poverty Rate
16.9%
Labor force participation
70.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
New Fairview's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,359 residents
2021
1,426 residents
2022
1,499 residents
2023
1,555 residents
2024
1,625 residents
2025
1,666 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.1%
Carpool
18.8%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
9.4%
Based on 713 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 New Fairview. 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 New Fairview 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 New Fairview sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How New Fairview 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.