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SheetTX-OAK-RIDGE-TOWN-KAUFMAN-COUNTY-TX · Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County), TX 811 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 Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Brooklyn · lowest
37,656
Brooklyn · lowest
37,656 median HH income
22.9% of the leader · rank #1
Dover · near
92,748
Dover · near
92,748 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #2
Oak Ridge tow… · this city
92,750
Oak Ridge tow… · this city
92,750 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #3
Swan Valley · near
92,750
Swan Valley · near
92,750 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #4
Bonanza · near
92,750
Bonanza · near
92,750 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #5
Arnot · near
92,750
Arnot · near
92,750 median HH income
56.4% of the leader · rank #6
Volente · highest
164,500
Volente · highest
164,500 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 Oak Ridge town (Kaufman 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: 811.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) lands in the 73rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
73rd
percentile, household income
68th
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: Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County), TX
Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) is a small town in Texas, home to 811 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $92,750 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) are valued around $318,400, and the median resident age is 36.0 years. Educational attainment runs 17.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 43 residential building permits were authorized in Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) (Building Boom), up 291% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
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. 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). Commute times here average 36.1 minutes, with 70.7% driving alone and 14.2% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Oak Ridge town (Kaufman 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 population change to work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Oak Ridge town (Kaufman 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 +876 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +110.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 43 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Oak Ridge town (Kaufman 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 70.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 36.1 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County)?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County)?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Point Blank (813 residents, $62,330 income); South Point (809 residents); Volente (805 residents, $164,500 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Avoca, AR (811 residents); Brooklyn, IL (811 residents); Milltown, IN (811 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.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
B-
City profile score · Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County), TX
66/100
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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$92,750
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.1%
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 (Kaufman County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 72/100 (B) · $92,750
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.1%
How does Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) compare to other US cities?
Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income73% higher than other cities
Home value68% 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 Oak Ridge town (Kaufman 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 (Kaufman 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 (Kaufman 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 (Kaufman County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#307 of 1,520
80th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#232 of 1,505
85th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,440 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#818 of 1,663
50th 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. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$318,40032nd 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
Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,710 of 15,516
More affordable than 44% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,060 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.4×, Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,710 of 15,516 and #7,060 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
$92,750Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County), TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Oak Ridge town (Kaufman 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 (Kaufman County), TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
811
Median Income
$92,750
Median Home Value
$318,400
Median Age
36.0
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
54.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.1%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Oak Ridge town (Kaufman County)'s Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
795 residents
2021
880 residents
2022
1,103 residents
2023
1,300 residents
2024
1,473 residents
2025
1,671 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
43
housing units authorized
Single-Family
43
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
53
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
11
11
0
$2.6M
2020
14
14
0
$3.3M
2021
51
51
0
$12.1M
2022
40
40
0
$10.2M
2023
33
33
0
$9.3M
2024
43
43
0
$12.4M
Permit volume increased 291% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
36.1 minutes
Drive Alone
70.7%
Carpool
15.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
14.2%
Based on 338 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 (Kaufman 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 (Kaufman 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 (Kaufman 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 (Kaufman 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.
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.