City safety & data profile

Cedar HillTX

Cedar Hill, TX is a 49K-resident city in Dallas County with a median household income of $101,909.

Dallas County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cedar Hill, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cedar Hill has a population larger than 78% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $302,700.

Data updated 2026-09-03

49K
Population (place)
Top 22%
By size
$101,909
Median income (place)
$302,700
Median home (place)
10%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Cedar Hill

Cedar Hill posts a median household income higher than 71% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 29%
by median income, US cities

Where Cedar Hill income ranks nationally

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

$101,909 Top 29% higher than 71% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Cedar Hill $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 Cedar Hill, TX beyond the headline numbers

Cedar Hill sits inside Dallas County, Texas, at roughly 32.59°N, -96.96°W. Population 48,507, $101,909 median household income. Median home value $302,700, median rent $1,993. Poverty rate 10%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 10%, poverty in Cedar Hill, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Cedar Hill runs about 3.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

17% of Cedar Hill workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 15% in Cedar Hill, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cedar Hill 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)
48,507
Cedar Hill · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$101,909
+14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$302,700
-27% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dallas County): Cedar Hill'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
2.6M+9%
Median Income
$76,547+55%
Median Home Value
$303,000+136%
Poverty Rate
13.9%-27%
Unemployment
5%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cedar Hill, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,993/mo
Poverty Rate
10% -19% vs avg
Unemployment 7.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 35.8%
Work From Home 17%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 22.9%
African American 54.9%
Asian 1.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.6%
Obesity
38.3%
High Blood Pressure
36.8%
Physical Inactivity
28.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.2%
Binge Drinking
15.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
15%
Diabetes
12.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
12%
Current Smoking
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.9%
Annual Checkup 78.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.9%
Stroke
3.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Cedar Hill?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-CEDAR-HILL · Cedar Hill

Cedar Hill: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Cedar Hill, TX?
Cedar Hill, TX has a population of 48,507 people, located in Dallas County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Cedar Hill?
The median household income in Cedar Hill, TX is $101,909 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10%.
What is the median home value in Cedar Hill?
The median home value in Cedar Hill, TX is $302,700. Median rent is $1,993/month.
What are the top health concerns in Cedar Hill?
The top health indicators in Cedar Hill include Short Sleep Duration (38.6%), Obesity (38.3%), High Blood Pressure (36.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Cedar Hill?
The median age in Cedar Hill, TX is 35.7 years. 35.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (10% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($101,909 here).

Compare Cedar Hill with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Cedar Hill'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 Cedar Hill 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 Cedar Hill 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 (Dallas 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.