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SheetTX-TOWN-OF-PECOS-TX · Town of Pecos, TX 11,485 pop · income 29th pct · 4 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 Town of Pecos
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Town of Pecos on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Roma · lowest
27,741
Roma · lowest
27,741 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #1
Greenock · near
56,359
Greenock · near
56,359 median HH income
37.9% of the leader · rank #2
Town of Pecos · this city
56,361
Town of Pecos · this city
56,361 median HH income
37.9% of the leader · rank #3
Ajo · near
56,364
Ajo · near
56,364 median HH income
37.9% of the leader · rank #4
South Roxana · near
56,364
South Roxana · near
56,364 median HH income
37.9% of the leader · rank #5
Waynesboro · near
56,364
Waynesboro · near
56,364 median HH income
37.9% of the leader · rank #6
River Forest · highest
148,711
River Forest · highest
148,711 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 Town of Pecos 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: 11,485.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Town of Pecos places in the 29th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
29th
percentile, household income
15th
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: Town of Pecos, TX
Texas's Town of Pecos is a small town, with 11,485 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $56,361 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 15.4%. Typical homes in Town of Pecos are valued around $113,800, and the median resident age is 32.8 years. About 7.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 53.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 30 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Stable), up 3% from five years earlier.
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Texas scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. 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 16.1 minutes, with 83.6% driving alone and 1.7% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Town of Pecos'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 within-city variation to population change to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Town of Pecos, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Within-city variation
What can 4 Census tracts reveal inside Town of Pecos?
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.
Is Town of Pecos growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -2,617 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -20.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 30 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 Town of Pecos?
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 83.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.1 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Town of Pecos?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Four Corners (11,490 residents, $72,853 income); Leon Valley (11,479 residents, $57,695 income); Roma (11,543 residents, $27,741 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are New Port Richey East, FL (11,485 residents); Pontiac, IL (11,483 residents); Fort Campbell North, KY (11,483 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.
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 Town of Pecos?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 15.4%, 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.
Household income
$56,361
Home value
$113,800
Value / income
2.0×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 15.4% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Town of Pecos, TX
28/100
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
$56,361
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
15.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
7.2%
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).
Town of Pecos profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 29/100 (F) · $56,361
Poverty rate: 22/100 (F) · 15.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 7.2%
How does Town of Pecos compare to other US cities?
Here's how Town of Pecos stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income29% higher than other cities
Home value15% 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 Town of Pecos 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 Town of Pecos near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Town of Pecos ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Town of Pecos only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#960 of 1,520
37th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#1,022 of 1,505
32nd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#488 of 1,663
71st percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,406 of 1,663
15th 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
29th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Town of Pecos's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$113,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 85% 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
Town of Pecos's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,694 of 15,516
More affordable than 89% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#68 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.0×, Town of Pecos sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,694 of 15,516 and #68 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$56,361Town of Pecos, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Town of Pecos, 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 Town of Pecos, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,485
Median Income
$56,361
Median Home Value
$113,800
Median Age
32.8
Poverty Rate
15.4%
Labor force participation
53.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
7.2%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Town of Pecos's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
13,003 residents
2021
11,310 residents
2022
10,072 residents
2023
10,216 residents
2024
10,372 residents
2025
10,386 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Stable
Total Permits (2024)
30
housing units authorized
Single-Family
30
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2021
29
29
0
$6.0M
2022
28
28
0
$5.5M
2023
14
14
0
$5.2M
2024
30
30
0
$5.8M
Permit volume increased 3% from 2021 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.1 minutes
Drive Alone
83.6%
Carpool
11.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
1.7%
Other
1.7%
Based on 4,664 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 Town of Pecos. 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 Town of Pecos 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 Town of Pecos sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Town of Pecos 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.