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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-SHAVANO-PARK-TX · Shavano Park, TX 3,602 pop · income 95th 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 Shavano Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Shavano Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Greensboro · lowest
42,508
Greensboro · lowest
42,508 median HH income
23.2% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Forest P… · near
158,868
Lake Forest P… · near
158,868 median HH income
86.8% of the leader · rank #2
New Hope · near
158,929
New Hope · near
158,929 median HH income
86.9% of the leader · rank #3
Oakwood · near
158,968
Oakwood · near
158,968 median HH income
86.9% of the leader · rank #4
Shavano Park · this city
158,969
Shavano Park · this city
158,969 median HH income
86.9% of the leader · rank #5
Sugarland Run · near
158,977
Sugarland Run · near
158,977 median HH income
86.9% of the leader · rank #6
Clifton Knoll… · highest
182,976
Clifton Knoll… · highest
182,976 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 Shavano Park 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: 3,602.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Shavano Park - the verdict
Shavano Park ranks in the 95th percentile for household income and the 55th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
95th
percentile, household income
95th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
55th
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: Shavano Park, TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,602 residents in Shavano Park, a small town within Texas. Households in Shavano Park report a median income of $158,969 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.0%. Home values in Shavano Park run a median of $838,800, and the median resident age is 50.9 years. 69.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 46.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 13 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 32% from five years earlier. Shavano Park reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1215.0 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as 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. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Shavano Park'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 population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Shavano Park, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Shavano Park?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
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.
Is Shavano Park 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 +326 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +9.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 13 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Shavano Park?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Ballinger (3,599 residents, $61,250 income); Laguna Vista (3,605 residents, $63,191 income); Shenandoah (3,597 residents, $67,422 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Lakeville, MA (3,602 residents); Barnesville, OH (3,602 residents); Boiling Springs, PA (3,602 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Shavano Park?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.0%, 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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
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 Shavano Park?
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 1215.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 47% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1135.8
Violent rate
79.2
Total reported rate
1215.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Top-decile income · poverty 5.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
B+
City profile score · Shavano Park, TX
78/100
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 A+
$158,969
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
69.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B+
79 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B-
5.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Shavano Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 99/100 (A+) · $158,969
Bachelor's+ share: 97/100 (A+) · 69.5%
Violent crime: 76/100 (B+) · 79 /100k
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.0%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Where Shavano Park sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Shavano Park'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 - Shavano Park highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Shavano Park, TX (this city): home $838,800, crime 1,215/100k
Barnesville, OH : home $102,200, crime 284/100k
Greensboro, GA : home $159,800, crime 1,056/100k
Two Harbors, MN : home $187,100, crime 600/100k
Ballinger, TX : home $109,000, crime 785/100k
Laguna Vista, TX : home $267,500, crime 683/100k
Shenandoah, TX : home $396,000, crime 5,529/100k
Sweeny, TX : home $180,700, crime 788/100k
Eastland, TX : home $175,800, crime 1,696/100k
How does Shavano Park compare to other US cities?
Where Shavano Park sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income95% higher than other cities
Home value95% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety55% 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, Shavano Park ranks #282 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 Shavano Park 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 Shavano Park near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Shavano Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Shavano Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#60 of 1,520
96th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#26 of 1,505
98th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,116 of 1,663
32nd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#37 of 1,663
98th 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
95th percentile nationally for median household income · 55th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Shavano Park's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Shavano Park'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 Shavano Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$838,8005th percentilemore affordable than 5% 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
Shavano Park's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,287 of 15,516
More affordable than 14% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,987 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.3×, Shavano Park sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,287 of 15,516 and #9,987 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$158,969Shavano Park, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Shavano Park, 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 Shavano Park, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)69.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)46.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,602
Median Income
$158,969
Median Home Value
$838,800
Median Age
50.9
Poverty Rate
5.0%
Labor force participation
46.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
69.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1215.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
79.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1135.8
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.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Shavano Park's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,535 residents
2021
3,576 residents
2022
3,667 residents
2023
3,768 residents
2024
3,830 residents
2025
3,861 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
13
housing units authorized
Single-Family
13
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
19
19
0
$8.2M
2020
24
24
0
$5.6M
2021
27
27
0
$6.5M
2022
36
36
0
$9.2M
2023
15
15
0
$4.1M
2024
13
13
0
$3.7M
Permit volume decreased 32% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.8%
Carpool
0.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
30.3%
Based on 1,444 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 Shavano Park. 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 Shavano Park 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 Shavano Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Shavano Park 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, 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.