State profile · TX

Largest Cities in Texas

Name: Texas Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 1,663 tracked cities and towns in Texas, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

1,663
Cities: 22.9M
Combined city pop.: $72,993
Avg median income: 12.3%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Houston is the largest of 1,663 tracked cities in Texas, which ranks #24 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Houston
largest tracked city (2,300,419 people): #24
national rank, avg median income: 1,663
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

Texas's 1,663 tracked cities include 3 with over 1 million residents; 84% are small towns under 10,000 people.

<10K

1,396
10K-99K

226
100K-999K

38
1M+

3

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Texas coverage, with 1,396 of 1,663 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Texas is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Texas's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Houston

2,300,419
San Antonio

1,458,954
Dallas

1,299,553
Austin

967,862
Fort Worth

941,311
El Paso

678,147
Arlington

394,769
Corpus Christi

317,383
Plano

287,339
Lubbock

261,078
Laredo

255,949
Irving

255,036

What this shows Houston, TX is the most populous city profiled in Texas; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 1,663-row record is available as a CSV.

How Texas ranks nationally

Avg median income

$72,993

#24 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$213,334

#29 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

12.3%

#35 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

1,663

#2 of 52 · most tracked cities

Texas ranks #24 of 52 nationally on average median income and #35 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Texas's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$213,334 Among the most affordable more affordable than 56% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. 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

Largest cities in Texas

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 1,663 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Houston	2,300,419	$62,894	$253,400	16.1%
2	San Antonio	1,458,954	$62,917	$219,700	13.2%
3	Dallas	1,299,553	$67,760	$295,300	13.7%
4	Austin	967,862	$91,461	$512,700	8.1%
5	Fort Worth	941,311	$76,602	$277,300	9.6%
6	El Paso	678,147	$58,734	$171,700	15.7%
7	Arlington	394,769	$73,519	$276,400	10.0%
8	Corpus Christi	317,383	$66,325	$197,100	13.1%
9	Plano	287,339	$108,649	$440,600	5.3%
10	Lubbock	261,078	$60,487	$197,900	13.0%
11	Laredo	255,949	$63,264	$182,400	18.4%
12	Irving	255,036	$79,641	$287,300	8.5%
13	Garland	245,298	$74,717	$248,900	9.5%
14	Frisco	210,238	$146,158	$595,400	2.6%
15	McKinney	202,314	$120,273	$439,500	4.8%
16	Amarillo	200,945	$62,469	$186,800	11.7%
17	Grand Prairie	198,564	$78,889	$272,200	9.6%
18	Brownsville	188,023	$48,675	$122,400	22.5%
19	Killeen	156,144	$58,339	$196,000	14.0%
20	Pasadena	149,345	$64,270	$193,600	14.7%
21	Mesquite	148,848	$71,843	$226,500	11.4%
22	Denton	146,987	$73,719	$325,700	7.8%
23	McAllen	143,789	$60,165	$173,800	17.8%
24	Waco	141,925	$51,468	$199,600	15.2%
25	Midland	133,998	$91,169	$298,600	8.9%
26	Carrollton	132,741	$99,115	$353,600	5.3%
27	Lewisville	128,313	$85,002	$350,200	5.4%
28	Abilene	127,130	$62,720	$178,900	10.2%
29	Pearland	125,983	$112,470	$330,900	2.2%
30	Round Rock	124,288	$97,187	$383,700	5.2%
31	College Station	122,280	$51,776	$326,500	11.9%
32	Richardson	118,269	$96,257	$405,600	5.5%
33	The Woodlands	116,916	$141,353	$479,400	3.7%
34	League City	114,885	$119,870	$334,000	2.5%
35	Odessa	114,080	$73,030	$208,000	11.6%
36	Beaumont	113,710	$57,530	$158,800	15.8%
37	Sugar Land	109,735	$137,511	$406,600	3.9%
38	Tyler	107,718	$65,527	$216,400	7.9%
39	Allen	107,684	$129,130	$429,900	3.4%
40	Edinburg	102,561	$57,789	$174,800	22.4%
41	Wichita Falls	102,558	$58,568	$142,600	12.0%
42	San Angelo	99,507	$64,146	$179,300	8.1%
43	New Braunfels	98,700	$88,257	$315,100	4.1%
44	Conroe	96,976	$75,245	$283,100	8.7%
45	Atascocita	93,926	$114,443	$283,700	5.1%
46	Temple	86,358	$64,945	$220,300	13.1%
47	Mission	86,234	$60,813	$160,800	16.1%
48	Bryan	86,169	$56,861	$210,600	16.5%
49	Baytown	84,538	$61,699	$187,900	15.1%
50	Longview	82,765	$62,488	$182,700	13.2%
51	Pharr	79,809	$49,884	$111,500	27.8%
52	Georgetown	78,803	$91,857	$398,600	5.3%
53	Flower Mound	77,886	$157,737	$514,100	2.7%
54	Cedar Park	77,474	$123,972	$474,800	5.0%
55	Mansfield	75,398	$116,590	$380,000	4.7%
56	Missouri City	75,234	$96,746	$281,600	4.8%
57	Harlingen	71,669	$55,891	$125,700	19.9%
58	North Richland Hills	70,338	$93,434	$324,800	4.5%
59	San Marcos	68,920	$51,030	$269,700	11.5%
60	Leander	67,880	$140,180	$470,700	3.0%
61	Spring	67,103	$86,888	$221,300	6.5%
62	Victoria	65,514	$68,233	$193,200	14.7%
63	Pflugerville	65,162	$112,656	$354,900	3.3%
64	Rowlett	64,139	$113,600	$342,400	5.7%
65	Euless	60,373	$80,987	$294,500	5.2%
66	Wylie	58,991	$113,661	$350,100	4.1%
67	DeSoto	55,896	$83,256	$282,600	5.7%
68	Port Arthur	55,779	$45,752	$96,900	27.2%
69	Texas City	54,159	$65,447	$190,600	15.0%
70	Galveston	53,348	$57,216	$294,300	13.4%
71	Kyle	52,439	$89,645	$302,200	3.6%
72	Little Elm	51,426	$116,036	$390,300	6.6%
73	Burleson	50,981	$94,162	$282,900	6.2%
74	Grapevine	50,875	$111,438	$470,400	4.1%
75	Rockwall	49,605	$114,926	$382,400	3.4%
76	Bedford	49,191	$81,393	$322,300	6.5%
77	Cedar Hill	48,547	$90,608	$273,200	9.2%
78	Huntsville	46,917	$45,401	$225,800	12.2%
79	Haltom City	45,681	$56,156	$194,600	10.6%
80	Keller	45,598	$172,654	$557,700	2.1%
81	Sherman	45,036	$60,935	$219,300	9.9%
82	The Colony	44,916	$111,090	$355,100	4.1%
83	Waxahachie	43,591	$82,449	$307,900	6.2%
84	Channelview	43,536	$65,775	$186,300	15.0%
85	Schertz	43,128	$96,633	$292,100	4.6%
86	Coppell	42,029	$139,227	$525,300	2.2%
87	Weslaco	41,437	$54,995	$119,200	23.1%
88	Friendswood	40,827	$125,052	$399,500	2.3%
89	Lancaster	40,753	$67,584	$229,900	10.2%
90	Hurst	39,912	$71,743	$287,600	8.4%
91	Duncanville	39,879	$71,381	$239,200	8.3%
92	Rosenberg	39,467	$64,897	$218,600	12.8%
93	Mission Bend	37,280	$72,492	$221,800	10.2%
94	Midlothian	37,256	$122,643	$369,400	6.5%
95	Copperas Cove	37,149	$68,900	$167,900	6.2%
96	Farmers Branch	36,254	$87,702	$322,000	8.0%
97	Socorro	36,237	$52,100	$131,200	19.3%
98	La Porte	36,077	$81,801	$217,100	9.6%
99	Texarkana	36,039	$49,240	$159,700	16.8%
100	San Juan	35,674	$53,440	$118,200	21.8%

What to do with Texas's city data

1,663 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Houston is Texas's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major TX metro. Houston profile
12 tracked cities in Texas sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Texas cities
See how Texas's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 1,663 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Texas on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 22,886,668.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $72,993. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Texas?

PlainCities profiles 1,663 cities and towns in Texas, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Texas?

Houston is the largest tracked city in Texas, with a population of 2,300,419.

What is the average household income in Texas?

Across the 1,663 tracked cities in Texas, the average median household income is $72,993. Individual cities vary widely - 12 tracked cities in Texas sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Texas?

The average poverty rate across Texas's tracked cities is 12.3%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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