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SheetTX-NORTH-RICHLAND-HILLS-TX · North Richland Hills, TX 70,338 pop · income 73rd 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 North Richland Hills
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Richland Hills on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Decatur · lowest
50,809
Decatur · lowest
50,809 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #1
North Richlan… · this city
93,434
North Richlan… · this city
93,434 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #2
Millerville · near
93,438
Millerville · near
93,438 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #3
Lockeford · near
93,438
Lockeford · near
93,438 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #4
Advance · near
93,438
Advance · near
93,438 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #5
St. Elizabeth · near
93,438
St. Elizabeth · near
93,438 median HH income
45.6% of the leader · rank #6
Dublin · highest
205,046
Dublin · highest
205,046 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 North Richland Hills 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: 70,338.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
North Richland Hills - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, North Richland Hills lands in the 73rd percentile for household income and the 23rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
73rd
percentile, household income
68th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
23rd
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: North Richland Hills, TX
North Richland Hills is a small city in Texas, home to 70,338 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $93,434 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.5%. Typical homes in North Richland Hills are valued around $324,800, and the median resident age is 39.5 years. Educational attainment runs 36.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 66.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 171 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 82% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 2455.5 incidents per 100,000 residents, near 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. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 23.5 minutes, with 74.0% driving alone and 14.3% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 North Richland Hills'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 comparison shortlist to schools and households to population change to reported crime to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Richland Hills, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for North Richland Hills?
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 Harlingen (71,669 residents, $55,891 income); San Marcos (68,920 residents, $51,030 income); Leander (67,880 residents, $140,180 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Decatur, IL (70,368 residents); Camarillo, CA (70,244 residents); Bayonne, NJ (70,468 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 education layer cover for North Richland Hills?
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 14 public schools within the city match. 36.2% 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.
Is North Richland Hills growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +558 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 171 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
What can the FBI record say about safety in North Richland Hills?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2455.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 8% higher 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.
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.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in North Richland Hills?
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 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.5×
Home value
$324,800
Household income
$93,434
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in North Richland Hills?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.5 minutes.
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.
Drive alone
74.0%
Work from home
14.3%
Public transit
0.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 36,405 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 4.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
C+
City profile score · North Richland Hills, TX
62/100
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
$93,434
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
36.2%
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 D
223 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
North Richland Hills profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 73/100 (B) · $93,434
Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.5%
Bachelor's+ share: 69/100 (B-) · 36.2%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Violent crime: 44/100 (D) · 223 /100k
Where North Richland Hills sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
North Richland Hills'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 - North Richland Hills highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
North Richland Hills, TX (this city): home $324,800, crime 2,456/100k
Decatur, IL : home $97,300, crime 3,470/100k
Camarillo, CA : home $766,100, crime 1,320/100k
Eastvale, CA : home $752,000, crime 1,823/100k
Maple Grove, MN : home $397,400, crime 1,877/100k
Dublin, CA : home $1,224,100, crime 2,072/100k
Harlingen, TX : home $125,700, crime 2,977/100k
San Marcos, TX : home $269,700, crime 2,617/100k
Leander, TX : home $470,700, crime 1,058/100k
Victoria, TX : home $193,200, crime 2,283/100k
Missouri City, TX : home $281,600, crime 1,191/100k
How does North Richland Hills compare to other US cities?
Here's how North Richland Hills stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income73% higher than other cities
Home value68% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety23% 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, North Richland Hills ranks #516 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 North Richland Hills 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 North Richland Hills near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Richland Hills ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Richland Hills only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#298 of 1,520
80th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#220 of 1,505
85th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,167 of 1,663
29th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#274 of 1,663
83rd 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
73rd percentile nationally for median household income · 23rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
North Richland Hills's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
North Richland Hills'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 North Richland Hills's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$324,80032nd percentilemore affordable than 32% 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
North Richland Hills's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,869 of 15,516
More affordable than 43% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#210 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 3.5×, North Richland Hills sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,869 of 15,516 and #210 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
$93,434North Richland Hills, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Richland Hills, 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 North Richland Hills, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
70,338
Median Income
$93,434
Median Home Value
$324,800
Median Age
39.5
Poverty Rate
4.5%
Labor force participation
66.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2455.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
223.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2232.3
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.
Schools
Total Schools
14
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
North Richland Hills's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
70,285 residents
2021
70,283 residents
2022
70,820 residents
2023
71,038 residents
2024
71,403 residents
2025
70,843 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
171
housing units authorized
Single-Family
171
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
959
232
727
$126.2M
2020
321
282
39
$104.5M
2021
489
254
235
$89.5M
2022
250
250
0
$62.9M
2023
174
174
0
$49.7M
2024
171
171
0
$49.2M
Permit volume decreased 82% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.5 minutes
Drive Alone
74.0%
Carpool
9.2%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
14.3%
Other
0.8%
Based on 36,405 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 North Richland Hills. 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 North Richland Hills 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 North Richland Hills sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Richland Hills 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, 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.