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SheetTX-WHITEHOUSE-TX · Whitehouse, TX 8,794 pop · income 53rd 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 Whitehouse
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Whitehouse on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Highland Park · lowest
27,582
Highland Park · lowest
27,582 median HH income
11.0% of the leader · rank #1
Whitehouse · this city
72,500
Whitehouse · this city
72,500 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #2
Bulpitt · near
72,500
Bulpitt · near
72,500 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #3
Columbus · near
72,500
Columbus · near
72,500 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #4
Grant Park · near
72,500
Grant Park · near
72,500 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #5
Hartsburg · near
72,500
Hartsburg · near
72,500 median HH income
29.0% of the leader · rank #6
Highland Park · highest
250,001
Highland Park · 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 Whitehouse 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: 8,794.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Whitehouse - the verdict
Nationally, Whitehouse sits in the 53rd percentile for household income and the 87th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
53rd
percentile, household income
47th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
87th
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: Whitehouse, TX
Texas's Whitehouse is a small town, with 8,794 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Whitehouse households earn a median of $72,500 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.9%. Home values in Whitehouse run a median of $216,000, and the median resident age is 33.4 years. 31.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 66 residential building permits were authorized in Whitehouse (Growing), up 5% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Whitehouse reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 448.5 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: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Texas scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,149 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Whitehouse'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 reported crime to population change to comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Whitehouse, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Whitehouse?
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 448.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 80% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Is Whitehouse 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 +1,684 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +20.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 66 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 Whitehouse?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Paloma Creek South (8,797 residents, $137,585 income); Brownfield (8,803 residents, $43,189 income); Aransas Pass (8,807 residents, $59,359 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Monmouth, IL (8,794 residents); Hernando, FL (8,795 residents); Hoquiam, WA (8,792 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.
What does the education layer cover for Whitehouse?
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 31.2% 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 Whitehouse?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.9%, 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
$72,500
Home value
$216,000
Value / income
3.0×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Whitehouse?
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 85.8%. 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
6.5%
Drive alone
85.8%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,222 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 5.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
C+
City profile score · Whitehouse, TX
60/100
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.
Violent crime B+
70 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C+
5.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C+
31.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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 C-
$72,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Whitehouse profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 78/100 (B+) · 70 /100k
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 60/100 (C+) · 31.2%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,500
Where Whitehouse sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Whitehouse'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 - Whitehouse highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Whitehouse, TX (this city): home $216,000, crime 449/100k
Monmouth, IL : home $88,100, crime 1,738/100k
Hoquiam, WA : home $196,400, crime 1,877/100k
Highland Park, MI : home $75,800, crime 7,307/100k
Brownfield, TX : home $109,900, crime 1,692/100k
Aransas Pass, TX : home $212,100, crime 2,119/100k
Highland Park, TX : home $1,887,300, crime 2,516/100k
Graham, TX : home $173,000, crime 791/100k
Pearsall, TX : home $107,300, crime 1,122/100k
How does Whitehouse compare to other US cities?
Here's how Whitehouse stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income53% higher than other cities
Home value47% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety87% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Texas, Whitehouse ranks #84 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Whitehouse 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 Whitehouse near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Whitehouse ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Whitehouse only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#549 of 1,520
64th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#507 of 1,505
66th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,039 of 1,663
37th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#360 of 1,663
78th 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
53rd percentile nationally for median household income · 87th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Whitehouse's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Whitehouse'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 Whitehouse's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$216,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 53% 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
Whitehouse's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,586 of 15,516
More affordable than 58% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,590 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, Whitehouse sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,586 of 15,516 and #5,590 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$72,500Whitehouse, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Whitehouse, 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 Whitehouse, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,794
Median Income
$72,500
Median Home Value
$216,000
Median Age
33.4
Poverty Rate
5.9%
Labor force participation
62.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
448.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
69.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
378.7
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
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Whitehouse's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,286 residents
2021
8,700 residents
2022
9,128 residents
2023
9,570 residents
2024
9,735 residents
2025
9,970 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
66
housing units authorized
Single-Family
66
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
63
55
8
$14.0M
2020
142
74
68
$25.7M
2021
129
91
38
$26.8M
2022
143
143
0
$35.7M
2023
40
36
4
$10.7M
2024
66
66
0
$18.9M
Permit volume increased 5% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
85.8%
Carpool
6.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.2%
Work from Home
6.5%
Other
0.7%
Based on 4,222 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 Whitehouse. 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 Whitehouse 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 Whitehouse sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Whitehouse 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.