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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-UVALDE-TX · Uvalde, TX 15,344 pop · income 21st pct · 6 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 Uvalde
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Uvalde on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Aldine · lowest
40,916
Aldine · lowest
40,916 median HH income
17.6% of the leader · rank #1
Eden · near
50,959
Eden · near
50,959 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #2
Dyer · near
50,962
Dyer · near
50,962 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #3
Uvalde · this city
50,967
Uvalde · this city
50,967 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #4
Fremont · near
50,974
Fremont · near
50,974 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #5
La Veta · near
50,975
La Veta · near
50,975 median HH income
21.9% of the leader · rank #6
Coto de Caza · highest
232,470
Coto de Caza · highest
232,470 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 Uvalde 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: 15,344.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Uvalde - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Uvalde lands in the 21st percentile for household income and the 27th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
21st
percentile, household income
21st
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
27th
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: Uvalde, TX
Uvalde is a small town in Texas, home to 15,344 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Uvalde report a median income of $50,967 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 24.8%. Uvalde's housing stock carries a median value of $131,600, and the median resident age is 33.9 years. 16.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 56.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 17 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 39% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 2231.0 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). 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). 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'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 comparison shortlist to reported crime to within-city variation to schools and households to housing and income to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Uvalde, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Uvalde?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Canyon (15,398 residents, $68,233 income); Rio Grande City (15,258 residents, $41,369 income); Aldine (15,434 residents, $40,916 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are New Haven, IN (15,339 residents); Monroe, GA (15,336 residents); Eden, NC (15,353 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 5 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Uvalde?
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 2231.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 2% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
The NCES join finds 8 public schools within the city match. 16.3% 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.
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 Uvalde?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 24.8%, 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.
Household income
$50,967
Home value
$131,600
Value / income
2.6×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
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 +236 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 17 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+1.6%
2025 estimate
15,455
2020 estimate
15,219
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in Uvalde?
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 76.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
4.3%
Drive alone
76.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 6,513 workers age 16+.
Low income · poverty 24.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Uvalde, TX
26/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
393 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$50,967
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
24.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Uvalde profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 24/100 (F) · 16.3%
Violent crime: 23/100 (F) · 393 /100k
Household income: 22/100 (F) · $50,967
Poverty rate: 6/100 (F) · 24.8%
Where Uvalde sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Uvalde'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 - Uvalde highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Uvalde, TX (this city): home $131,600, crime 2,231/100k
New Haven, IN : home $151,200, crime 1,292/100k
Monroe, GA : home $222,000, crime 1,952/100k
Eden, NC : home $122,800, crime 2,946/100k
Bradley, IL : home $164,400, crime 2,608/100k
Canyon, TX : home $218,300, crime 729/100k
Rio Grande City, TX : home $113,400, crime 1,926/100k
Buda, TX : home $410,100, crime 1,768/100k
Mineral Wells, TX : home $146,100, crime 3,019/100k
Palmview, TX : home $109,400, crime 1,939/100k
How does Uvalde compare to other US cities?
Where Uvalde sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income21% higher than other cities
Home value21% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety27% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: Uvalde ranks #484 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Uvalde 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 near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Uvalde ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Uvalde only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,111 of 1,520
27th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#906 of 1,505
40th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#195 of 1,663
88th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#878 of 1,663
47th 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
21st percentile nationally for median household income · 27th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Uvalde's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Uvalde'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 Uvalde's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$131,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 79% 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
Uvalde's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,417 of 15,516
More affordable than 72% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#426 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.6×, Uvalde sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,417 of 15,516 and #426 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
$50,967Uvalde, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Uvalde, 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, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)24.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
15,344
Median Income
$50,967
Median Home Value
$131,600
Median Age
33.9
Poverty Rate
24.8%
Labor force participation
56.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2231.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
393.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1837.6
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
8
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Uvalde's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
15,219 residents
2021
15,360 residents
2022
15,397 residents
2023
15,457 residents
2024
15,464 residents
2025
15,455 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
17
housing units authorized
Single-Family
15
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
28
28
0
$3.0M
2020
19
19
0
$2.3M
2021
24
24
0
$2.7M
2022
30
17
13
$3.8M
2023
19
17
2
$3.1M
2024
17
15
2
$2.4M
Permit volume decreased 39% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.6%
Carpool
16.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.0%
Work from Home
4.3%
Other
1.3%
Based on 6,513 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. 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 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 sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Uvalde 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.