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Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX

Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)'s Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

330
Residents
$48,417
Median income
under $10,000
Median home
$1,149
Median rent (state)
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Sheet TX-OAK-RIDGE-TOWN-COOKE-COUNTY-TX · Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX 330 pop · income 17th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 330
  • INC-MID $48,417
  • COL-PAR 97.1
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 17th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clear Creek
  • HOME-LOW $9,999
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Clear Creek, CA (+ $0 income $)

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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) 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: 330.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $48,417. Population peers are excluded.

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Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) - the verdict

Nationally, Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) sits in the 17th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

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📝 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: Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX

Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) is a small town in Texas, home to 330 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) households earn a median of $48,417 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 22.9%. ACS bottom-codes the lowest median home values as less than $10,000, so Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) is published at that floor (under $10,000) rather than as an exact figure, and the median resident age is 30.4 years. 4.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 63.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

In 2024, 2 residential building permits were authorized in Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) (Construction Slowdown), down 60% 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). 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). 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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)'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 comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

How far does income reach against housing in Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)?

The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 0.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 22.9%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.

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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)?

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 68.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 3

Which cities make useful reference points for Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)?

Within Texas, the closest population matches are Cade Lakes (330 residents, $50,862 income); Fronton (328 residents); Ranchitos Las Lomas (333 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hammondville, AL (330 residents); Winslow West, AZ (330 residents); Midland, AR (330 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.

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4. Population change

Is Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

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 +62 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +24.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 2 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

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Population

330 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$48,417 /yr

Low income · poverty 22.9% (Highest-decile poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

97.1 (US=100)

Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average

Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000). Home value is shown as under $10,000 for the same reason.

City profile score · Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX

21/100

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.

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.

Household income F
$48,417

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate F
22.9%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share F
4.5%

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).

Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Household income, Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share. Cost of livingHousehold incomePoverty rateBachelor's+ share 21 F
Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
  • Household income: 18/100 (F) · $48,417
  • Poverty rate: 9/100 (F) · 22.9%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.5%

How does Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) compare to other US cities?

Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 17% higher than other cities
Home value 0% pricier than other cities
Median rent 40% 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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) 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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) near the bottom of Texas's cities

Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#1,174 of 1,520
23rd percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#1,504 of 1,505
0th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#240 of 1,663
85th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,506 of 1,663
9th 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.

17thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

17th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)'s home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

under $10,000 Among the most affordable more affordable than 100% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). This entry sits in this band. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Above this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 0.2×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2 of 15,516
More affordable than 100% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 0.2×, Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) sits in the affordable band: national rank #2 of 15,516 and #2 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

$48,417 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX's median household income ($48,417) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX median $48,417/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), 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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 4.5%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 22.9%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 63.7%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
330
Median Income
$48,417
Median Home Value
under $10,000
Median Age
30.4
Poverty Rate
22.9%
Labor force participation
63.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.5%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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240 residents260 residents280 residents300 residents320 residents 202020212022202320242025 250 residents 312 residents ▲ +24.8%
Oak Ridge town (Cooke County)'s Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 250 residents
2021 262 residents
2022 269 residents
2023 281 residents
2024 304 residents
2025 312 residents

Housing Supply

BPS source

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
2
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.1
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 5
2020 3
2021 0
2022 3
2023 6
2024 2

Permit volume decreased 60% from 2019 to 2024.

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
68.8%
Carpool
24.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.8%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
2.6%

Based on 157 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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County). 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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) 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 Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Oak Ridge town (Cooke County) (this city) 330 $48,417
Cade Lakes 330 $50,862
Fronton 328 N/A
Ranchitos Las Lomas 333 N/A
Census BPS 2024
Primary sources on this page

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.

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