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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-UVALDE-ESTATES-TX · Uvalde Estates, TX 2,168 pop · income 13th 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 Uvalde Estates
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Uvalde Estates on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Moore Haven · lowest
35,903
Moore Haven · lowest
35,903 median HH income
38.9% of the leader · rank #1
Cameron · near
45,313
Cameron · near
45,313 median HH income
49.1% of the leader · rank #2
Ben Lomond · near
45,313
Ben Lomond · near
45,313 median HH income
49.1% of the leader · rank #3
Meansville · near
45,313
Meansville · near
45,313 median HH income
49.1% of the leader · rank #4
Uvalde Estates · this city
45,318
Uvalde Estates · this city
45,318 median HH income
49.1% of the leader · rank #5
St. Andrews · near
45,321
St. Andrews · near
45,321 median HH income
49.1% of the leader · rank #6
Trexlertown · highest
92,306
Trexlertown · highest
92,306 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 Uvalde Estates 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: 2,168.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Uvalde Estates places in the 13th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
13th
percentile, household income
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: Uvalde Estates, TX
Uvalde Estates is a small town in Texas, home to 2,168 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $45,318 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.1%. The median resident age is 28.8 years. About 12.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 46.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,149 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 15.8 minutes, with 85.7% driving alone and 0.0% 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 Uvalde Estates'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Uvalde Estates, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, 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 Uvalde Estates?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.8 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Uvalde Estates?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Splendora (2,167 residents, $69,000 income); Sour Lake (2,162 residents, $73,190 income); Hamlin (2,178 residents, $61,949 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Edmonton, KY (2,168 residents); Leslie, MI (2,167 residents); Trexlertown, PA (2,169 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.
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.
Poverty rate D
8.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$45,318
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.1%
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).
Uvalde Estates profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 47/100 (D) · 8.1%
Household income: 14/100 (F) · $45,318
Bachelor's+ share: 12/100 (F) · 12.1%
How does Uvalde Estates compare to other US cities?
Uvalde Estates measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income13% higher 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 Uvalde Estates 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 Uvalde Estates near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Uvalde Estates ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Uvalde Estates only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,255 of 1,520
17th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#876 of 1,663
47th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,138 of 1,663
31st 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
13th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$45,318Uvalde Estates, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Uvalde Estates, 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 Uvalde Estates, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)46.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,168
Median Income
$45,318
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
28.8
Poverty Rate
8.1%
Labor force participation
46.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.8 minutes
Drive Alone
85.7%
Carpool
14.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 813 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 Uvalde Estates. 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 Uvalde Estates 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 Uvalde Estates sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Uvalde Estates 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.