City safety & data profile

CanyonTX

Canyon, TX is a 15K-resident city in Randall County with a median household income of $69,772.

Randall County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Canyon, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Canyon has a population larger than 27% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $240,300.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 28%
By size
$69,772
Median income (place)
$240,300
Median home (place)
13.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Canyon

Canyon posts a median household income higher than 36% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 37%
by median income, US cities

Where Canyon income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$69,772 Bottom 36% higher than 36% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Canyon $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Canyon, TX beyond the headline numbers

Canyon sits inside Randall County, Texas, at roughly 34.98°N, -101.92°W. Population 14,887, $69,772 median household income. Median home value $240,300, median rent $984. Poverty rate 13.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Canyon, TX stands at 13.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Canyon costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6.2% of Canyon workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 21% in Canyon, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Canyon workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Canyon's median age is 28.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Canyon from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
14,887
Canyon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$69,772
-22% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$240,300
-42% vs avg
Median Age (place)
28.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Randall County): Canyon's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
146K+19%
Median Income
$83,864+43%
Median Home Value
$238,800+68%
Poverty Rate
9.7%-6%
Unemployment
2.9%-34%

Economics

Economics indicators for Canyon, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$984/mo
Poverty Rate
13.1% +6% vs avg
Unemployment 3.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 44.7%
Work From Home 6.2%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 79.6%
African American 3.1%
Asian 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.9%
Obesity
32.5%
High Blood Pressure
26.9%
Physical Inactivity
21.5%
Binge Drinking
21%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
13%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Current Smoking
10.8%
Current Asthma
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58.9%
Annual Checkup 71.2%

Other Measures

Diabetes
8.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.4%
Stroke
2.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Canyon?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Canyon right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TX-CANYON · Canyon

Canyon: 22 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 22 on record
  • WX-LED 59% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 16 · El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Canyon

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 22 tagged notices on record for Canyon.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ6)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Canyon; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (22 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Canyon, TX? ▼
Canyon, TX has a population of 14,887 people, located in Randall County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Canyon? ▼
The median household income in Canyon, TX is $69,772 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.1%.
What is the median home value in Canyon? ▼
The median home value in Canyon, TX is $240,300. Median rent is $984/month.
What are the top health concerns in Canyon? ▼
The top health indicators in Canyon include Short Sleep Duration (34.9%), Obesity (32.5%), High Blood Pressure (26.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Canyon? ▼
The median age in Canyon, TX is 28.7 years. 44.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Canyon, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (13.1% here).

Largo, FL 13.1% Decatur, AL 13.1% Cathedral City, CA 13.1% Wheaton, MD 13.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($69,772 here).

Vero Beach, FL $69,758 Springdale, AR $69,787 Baraboo, WI $69,750 Leeds, AL $69,737

Compare Canyon with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Amarillo, TX 199K Hereford, TX 15K Plainview, TX 21K Borger, TX 13K Dumas, TX 15K Pampa, TX 18K Lubbock, TX 249K Clovis, NM 39K
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Using Canyon's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Canyon area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Canyon against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Randall County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.