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SheetTX-SEGUIN-TX · Seguin, TX 31,789 pop · income 38th pct · 41 tracts
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 Seguin
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Seguin on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Nacogdoches · lowest
38,855
Nacogdoches · lowest
38,855 median HH income
15.5% of the leader · rank #1
Narrows · near
61,894
Narrows · near
61,894 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #2
Camden · near
61,895
Camden · near
61,895 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #3
Seguin · this city
61,896
Seguin · this city
61,896 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #4
Helper · near
61,908
Helper · near
61,908 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #5
Fair Oaks · near
61,910
Fair Oaks · near
61,910 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #6
Southlake · highest
250,001
Southlake · highest
250,001 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 Seguin 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: 31,789.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Seguin - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Seguin lands in the 38th percentile for household income and the 34th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
38th
percentile, household income
50th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
34th
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: Seguin, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 31,789 residents in Seguin, a small city within Texas. The typical household in Seguin brings in $61,896 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 12.7%. Home values in Seguin run a median of $227,000, and the median resident age is 37.5 years. 20.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 1,014 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 490% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1927.0 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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). The average commute for Seguin workers runs 20.3 minutes, with 77.9% driving alone and 7.9% working from home. 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 Seguin'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 housing and income to reported crime to within-city variation to schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Seguin, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Population change
Is Seguin 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 +11,551 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +39.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1,014 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Seguin?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.7%, 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.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 41 Census tracts to this city.
Which cities make useful reference points for Seguin?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are West Odessa (31,985 residents, $65,782 income); Nacogdoches (32,104 residents, $38,855 income); Hutto (32,188 residents, $115,149 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ithaca, NY (31,792 residents); Rome, NY (31,795 residents); Poughkeepsie, NY (31,778 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Seguin?
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.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1927.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 16% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1654.3
Violent rate
272.7
Total reported rate
1927.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
The NCES join finds 18 public schools within the city match. 20.1% 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.
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.
Matched public schools
18
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%
Poverty estimate
12.7%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in Seguin?
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 77.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 20.3 minutes.
Public transit
0.3%
Work from home
7.9%
Drive alone
77.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 15,021 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 12.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Seguin, TX
38/100
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.
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
$61,896
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
273 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
12.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Seguin profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 37/100 (F) · $61,896
Violent crime: 37/100 (F) · 273 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 35/100 (F) · 20.1%
Poverty rate: 29/100 (F) · 12.7%
Where Seguin sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Seguin'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 - Seguin highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Seguin, TX (this city): home $227,000, crime 1,927/100k
Ithaca, NY : home $330,100, crime 3,412/100k
Rome, NY : home $137,200, crime 2,293/100k
Poughkeepsie, NY : home $259,200, crime 2,280/100k
San Pablo, CA : home $516,000, crime 3,135/100k
Nacogdoches, TX : home $173,200, crime 1,691/100k
Hutto, TX : home $315,800, crime 1,092/100k
Southlake, TX : home $957,500, crime 1,032/100k
Cleburne, TX : home $200,900, crime 1,454/100k
How does Seguin compare to other US cities?
Seguin measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income38% higher than other cities
Home value50% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety34% 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, Seguin ranks #440 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 Seguin 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 Seguin near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Seguin ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Seguin only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#800 of 1,520
47th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#460 of 1,505
69th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#607 of 1,663
63rd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#681 of 1,663
59th 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
38th percentile nationally for median household income · 34th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Seguin's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Seguin'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 Seguin's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$227,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 50% 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
Seguin's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,601 of 15,516
More affordable than 38% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,652 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.7×, Seguin sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,601 of 15,516 and #1,652 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$61,896Seguin, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Seguin, 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 Seguin, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
31,789
Median Income
$61,896
Median Home Value
$227,000
Median Age
37.5
Poverty Rate
12.7%
Labor force participation
59.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1927.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
272.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1654.3
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
18
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Seguin's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
29,497 residents
2021
31,009 residents
2022
33,508 residents
2023
36,197 residents
2024
38,923 residents
2025
41,048 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
1,014
housing units authorized
Single-Family
998
detached homes
Multifamily
16
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
31.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
172
134
38
$31.5M
2020
792
501
291
$152.1M
2021
1,124
986
138
$252.7M
2022
1,218
1,030
188
$283.5M
2023
1,194
724
470
$269.5M
2024
1,014
998
16
$289.0M
Permit volume increased 490% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
20.3 minutes
Drive Alone
77.9%
Carpool
11.7%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
7.9%
Other
1.0%
Based on 15,021 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 Seguin. 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 Seguin 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 Seguin sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Seguin 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.